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GreekG0861Noun (Feminine)

ἀφθαρσία

aphtharsia

8Occurrences
G0861Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness

from G862 (ἄφθαρτος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
incorruptibility, immortality: *ἀγαπώντων . . ἐν ἀ., (see AR, in l).† ἀ-φθορία, -ας, ἡ (φθείρω), [in LXX: (שְׁדֵפָה) ;] uncorruptness: (Rec. ἀφθορία).
LXX: 4 *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀφθαρσία appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
4
2 Timothy
1
Ephesians
1
Romans
1
Titus
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:42BSB

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:50BSB

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:53BSB

For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54BSB

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

2 Timothy 1:10BSB

And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.