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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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φθείρω

Strong’s: G5351

Associated OET lemmas: φθείρω

Notes: It is possible that διαφθείρω[b] and καταφθείρω are somewhat more emphatic in meaning than φθείρω[c].

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: φθείρω; fut.; φθερῶ; φθείρω; 3sg.; φθειρεῖ; φθερεῖ; φθείρω; aor.pass.subj.; φθαρώ; φθείρω; fut.pass.; φθαρήσομαι

Related lemmas: ἀφθαρσία · ἄφθαρτος · ἀφθορία · διαφθείρω · διαφθορά · καταφθείρω · φθαρτός · φθινοπωρινός · φθορά

Sense 1: to destroy

Semantic entry: 20.39

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Destroy

Definition: to ruin or destroy something, with the implication of causing something to be corrupt and thus to cease to exist

Show passage in OET: CO1 3:17

OET-RV CO1 3:17

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, then God will destroy that person because his temple is sacred, as are all of you.

OET-LV CO1 3:17

17 If anyone the temple of_ the _god is_destroying, will_be_destroying this one the god, because/for the temple of_ the _god holy is, which are you_all.
Show passage in OET: CO1 15:33

OET-RV CO1 15:33

33 Don’t be fooled: ‘Evil conversations corrupt good character.’

OET-LV CO1 15:33

33 Not be_being_deceived, are_corrupting character good conversations evil.

Jump to OET CO1 3:17 section.

Jump to OET CO1 15:33 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: OET CO1 3:17 · OET CO1 15:33

PE2: OET PE2 2:12

JDE: OET JDE 1:10

Sense 2: to cause harm, to ruin

Semantic entry: 20.23

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Harm, Wound

Definition: to cause harm to someone

Notes: It may be possible to translate this expression in OET CO2 7:2 (referring to financial ruin) as ‘we have not caused anyone to suffer a loss,’ but φθείρω in OET CO2 7:2 may also refer to the undermining of faith.

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:33

OET-RV CO1 15:33

33 Don’t be fooled: ‘Evil conversations corrupt good character.’

OET-LV CO1 15:33

33 Not be_being_deceived, are_corrupting character good conversations evil.
Show passage in OET: CO2 7:2

OET-RV CO2 7:2

2 Please do accept us because we didn’t wrong anyone, and we didn’t corrupt or exploit anyone.

OET-LV CO2 7:2

2 Have_room for_us, no_one we_did_wrong, no_one we_corrupted, no_one we_exploited.

Jump to OET CO1 15:33 section.

Jump to OET CO2 7:2 section.

Sense 3: to deprave, to pervert, to ruin, to cause the moral ruin of

Semantic entry: 88.266

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Licentiousness, Perversion

Definition: to cause someone to become perverse or depraved, as a type of moral destruction{N:001}

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:33

OET-RV CO1 15:33

33 Don’t be fooled: ‘Evil conversations corrupt good character.’

OET-LV CO1 15:33

33 Not be_being_deceived, are_corrupting character good conversations evil.
Show passage in OET: CO2 11:3

OET-RV CO2 11:3

3 But I’m afraid that just as the crafty serpent somehow deceived Havah (Eve), your thinking might get corrupted from its sincerity and purity in the messiah.

OET-LV CO2 11:3

3 But I_am_fearing, lest somehow as the serpent deceived Heua/(Ḩavvāh) in the craftiness of_him, it_may_be_corrupted the thinking of_you_all from the sincerity and the purity which in the chosen_one/messiah.

Jump to OET CO1 15:33 section.

Jump to OET CO2 11:3 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: OET CO1 15:33

CO2: OET CO2 11:3

EPH: OET EPH 4:22

REV: OET REV 19:2