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ἀφθαρσία

MainId: 000858000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0861

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000858001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἀφθαρσία
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ας
Constructs: {'Lemma': 'ἀφθαρσία', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'ἀ-', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'φθείρω', 'Meanings': []}]}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000858001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 23.127
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States
  LEXSubDomains: Live, Die
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-18 15:00:06
    DefinitionShort: the state of not being subject to decay, leading to death
    Glosses: ['immortal', 'immortality']
    Comments: 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 {S:05500101000040} ‘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.’
  LEXReferences: ROM 2:7, 1COR 15:42, 1COR 15:50, 1COR 15:53, 1COR 15:54, 2TIM 1:10
2. LEXID: 000858001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 68.57
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Aspect
  LEXSubDomains: Cease, Stop
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-18 15:00:06
    DefinitionShort: a continuous state or process, with the implication that the state or process in question is not interrupted by death
    Glosses: ['unceasing', 'always', 'eternally', 'undying']
    Comments: A number of scholars, however, insist that ἀφθαρσία in {S:04900602400026} must be understood in the sense of ‘immortality’ or ‘eternity’ as a temporal expression, but one which can be rendered as ‘with undying love.’
  LEXReferences: EPH 6:24