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φθορά

Strong’s: G5356

Associated OET lemmas: φθορά

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: φθορά; -ᾶς

Related lemmas: φθείρω

Sense 1: ruin, destruction

Semantic entry: 20.38

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Destroy

Definition: a state of ruin or destruction, with the implication of disintegration

Notes: In OET PE2 2:12 it may be more appropriate in a number of languages to translate ‘… to be killed.’

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:42

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,

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:50

OET-RV CO1 15:50

50 Now brothers and sisters, I can tell you all that our present physical bodies can’t inherit God’s kingdom, and nor can corrupt things inherit immortality.

OET-LV CO1 15:50

50 And this I _am _saying, brothers, that flesh and blood the_kingdom of_god to _inherit not is _able, nor the corruption, the indestructibility is _inheriting.

Jump to OET CO1 15:42 section.

Jump to OET CO1 15:50 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: OET CO1 15:42 · OET CO1 15:50

COL: OET COL 2:22

PE2: OET PE2 2:12

Sense 2: to rot, to decay, decay

Semantic entry: 23.205

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Rot, Decay

Definition: to rot or decay, in reference to organic matter

Show passage in OET: ROM 8:21

OET-RV ROM 8:21

21 that it too will be freed from the slavery of corruption, and then released into the freedom of the splendour of God’s children,

OET-LV ROM 8:21

21 that also itself the creation will _be _being _freed from the slavery of_ the _corruption, into the freedom of _the glory of _the children of_ the _god.

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:42

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,

Jump to OET ROM 8:21 section.

Jump to OET CO1 15:42 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: OET ROM 8:21

CO1: OET CO1 15:42 · OET CO1 15:50

Sense 3: moral corruption, depravity

Semantic entry: 88.267

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Licentiousness, Perversion

Definition: a state of moral corruption and depravity

Notes: In some languages ‘slaves of moral corruption’ in OET PE2 2:19 may be expressed as ‘their immoral desires make slaves of them’ or ‘… cause them to be slaves.’

Show passage in OET: GAL 6:8

OET-RV GAL 6:8

8 Anyone who sows seed to feed their earthly desires will harvest earthly corruption, but anyone who sows spiritual seeds will harvest eternal life from the spirit.

OET-LV GAL 6:8

8 Because the one sowing to the flesh of _himself, will _be _reaping corruption from the flesh, but the one sowing to the spirit, will _be _reaping eternal life from the spirit.

Show passage in OET: PE2 1:4

OET-RV PE2 1:4

4 Through these things, he has given us precious and very great promises that you will become participants of the divine nature after escaping the corruption in the world of lust.

OET-LV PE2 1:4

4 through which has _granted his precious and greatest promises to _us, in _order _that through these things you _all _may _become partners of_the_divine nature, having _escaped _from from _the corruption in the the_world by lust.

Jump to OET GAL 6:8 section.

Jump to OET PE2 1:4 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

GAL: OET GAL 6:8

PE2: OET PE2 1:4 · OET PE2 2:19