φθοράphthorá
GreekG53569 occurrences (KJV)
decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)
KJV renders it: corruption, destroy, perish
Where it appears(showing the first 8 of 9)
- Rom 8:21that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
- 1 Cor 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.
- 1 Cor 15:50Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
- Gal 6:8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Col 2:22(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
- 2 Pet 1:4by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
- 2 Pet 2:12But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
- 2 Pet 2:19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.