διαφθορά
diaphthorá · G1312 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to rot, to decay, decay
To rot or decay, in reference to organic matter
ExamplesActs 2:27 FOR YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.
Acts 2:31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.
Acts 13:34 “As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωto know 5
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σήπω sḗpō · G4595 · to rot, to decay, decay
- Both terms describe corruption and decay processes. σήπω denotes the active process of putrefying or rotting, while διαφθορά refers to the state or condition of decay itself. The single attestation of σήπω limits full interchangeability verification, but both occupy the same semantic domain of corruption and deterioration.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שַׁחַת shachath · H7845 · pit
- Hebrew שַׁחַת denotes physical corruption/decay and metaphorical destruction (including pit/grave as places of decay), while Greek διαφθορά focuses specifically on the process of decay/corruption itself; the terms overlap substantially in their core semantic field of deterioration and ruin.
- שָׁחַת shâchath · H7843 · to be ruined, to be spoiled, to be blemished
- Hebrew שָׁחַת denotes active destruction/corruption leading to decay, while Greek διαφθορά focuses on the resulting state of decomposition itself; the Hebrew verb encompasses the causative process that produces the Greek noun's end-state.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To rot, to decay, decay23.205
- Used of bodily decomposition after death, as of the assurance that God's Holy One would not undergo decay in Acts 2:27, the fulfillment of that promise in the resurrection of Christ in Acts 2:31 and 13:34-35, and David, unlike Christ, undergoing decay after serving God's purpose in his own generation in Acts 13:36.
Word family 38 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διαφθορᾶς, ἡ (διαφθείρω), corruption, destruction; in the N. T. that destruction which is…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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