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Koine Greek wordlink #138041

SR GNT 1Tim 1:17 ἀφθάρτῳ (afthartōi) ‘king of the ages the indestructible invisible only god’ Strongs=8620 Lemma=afthartos
Word role=adjective case=dative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ἀφθάρτῳ (A-DMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀφθάρτῳ’ (A-DMS) is always and only glossed as ‘the indestructible’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘afthartos’ have 5 different glosses: ‘an indestructible one’, ‘the indestructible’, ‘of indestructible’, ‘indestructible’, ‘indestructible beauty’.

Greek words (7) other than ἀφθάρτῳ (A-DMS) with a gloss related to ‘indestructible’

ROM 1:23 ἀφθάρτου (afthartou) A-GMS ‘the glory of the indestructible god into a likeness’ SR GNT Rom 1:23 word 6

1COR 9:25 ἄφθαρτον (aftharton) S-AMS ‘they may receive we on_the_other_hand an indestructible one’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:25 word 18

1COR 15:52 ἄφθαρτοι (afthartoi) S-NMP ‘the dead will_be_being raised indestructible and we we will_be_being changed’ SR GNT 1Cor 15:52 word 20

HEB 7:16 ἀκαταλύτου (akatalutou) A-GFS Lemma=akatalutos ‘according_to the power of a life indestructible’ SR GNT Heb 7:16 word 14

1PET 1:4 ἄφθαρτον (aftharton) A-AFS ‘to an inheritance indestructible and undefiled and’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:4 word 3

1PET 1:23 ἀφθάρτου (afthartou) S-GFS ‘seed perishable but of indestructible by the message living’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:23 word 9

1PET 3:4 ἀφθάρτῳ (afthartōi) S-DMS ‘person in the indestructible beauty of the gentle and’ SR GNT 1Pet 3:4 word 9

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural