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Koine Greek wordlink #121082

SR GNT 1Cor 15:53 φθαρτὸν (ftharton) ‘it is fitting for perishable this to dress_in indestructibility’ Strongs=53490 Lemma=fthartos
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular

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Only use of identical word form φθαρτὸν (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φθαρτὸν’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘perishable’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fthartos’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a perishable’, ‘by perishable things’, ‘of a mortal’, ‘perishable’.

Greek words (4) other than φθαρτὸν (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘perishable’

1COR 9:25 φθαρτὸν (ftharton) A-AMS ‘on_one_hand therefore in_order_that a perishable crown they may receive we’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:25 word 12

1COR 15:54 φθαρτὸν (ftharton) S-NNS ‘whenever but perishable this may dress_in indestructibility’ SR GNT 1Cor 15:54 word 4

1PET 1:18 φθαρτοῖς (fthartois) S-DNP ‘having known that not by perishable things by silver or by gold’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:18 word 4

1PET 1:23 φθαρτῆς (fthartaʸs) A-GFS ‘not of seed perishable but of indestructible by’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:23 word 7

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DNP=dative,neuter,plural GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular