UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀφθαρσία; -ας

Constructions: ἀφθαρσία; ἀ-; φθείρω

Sense 1: immortal, immortality

Semantic entry: 23.127

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Live, Die

Definition: the state of not being subject to decay, leading to death

Notes: It is possible to translate this clause as ‘it will be raised and will never again die.’|In rendering ‘immortality’ it may be necessary to employ an entire clause, for example, ‘that people will not die.’ However, in RV TI2 1:10 · LV TI2 1:10 · Read together TI2 1:10 ‘life and immortality’ may be best understood as a phrase in which ‘immortality’ is a qualification of ‘life,’ and therefore one may translate ‘revealing immortal life through the gospel’ or ‘revealing by means of the good news the life that does not end.’

ROM 2:7: RV ROM 2:7 · LV ROM 2:7 · Read together ROM 2:7

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OET-RV ROM 2:7

7 Those who’ve persistently done good, expecting praise and honour, and to escape destruction, will be given eternal life,

OET-LV ROM 2:7

7 to _the ones on _one _hand with endurance in _work good, glory and honour and indestructibility seeking, life eternal,

CO1 15:42: RV CO1 15:42 · LV CO1 15:42 · Read together CO1 15:42

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OET-RV CO1 15:42

42 So too it is with the resurrection of the dead. The decaying body is ‘sown’ into the ground, but the raised body is immortal.

OET-LV CO1 15:42

42 Thus also the resurrection of _the dead.
It _is _being _sown in corruption, it _is _being _raised in indestructibility,

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 2:7 · LV ROM 2:7 · Read together ROM 2:7

CO1: RV CO1 15:42 · RV CO1 15:50 · RV CO1 15:53–54 · LV CO1 15:42 · LV CO1 15:50 · LV CO1 15:53–54 · Read together CO1 15:42 · Read together CO1 15:50 · Read together CO1 15:53–54

TI2: RV TI2 1:10 · LV TI2 1:10 · Read together TI2 1:10

Sense 2: unceasing, always, eternally, undying

Semantic entry: 68.57

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: a continuous state or process, with the implication that the state or process in question is not interrupted by death

Notes: A number of scholars, however, insist that ἀφθαρσία in RV EPH 6:24 · LV EPH 6:24 · Read together EPH 6:24 must be understood in the sense of ‘immortality’ or ‘eternity’ as a temporal expression, but one which can be rendered as ‘with undying love.’

EPH 6:24: RV EPH 6:24 · LV EPH 6:24 · Read together EPH 6:24

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OET-RV EPH 6:24

24 Grace to all who love our master Yeshua the messiah, with a love that won’t decay.

OET-LV EPH 6:24

24 The Grace be with all the ones loving the master of _us, Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, in indestructibility.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀφθαρσία

Form 1

Sense 1: immortal, immortality

Sense 2: unceasing, always, eternally, undying