διαφθείρω
diaphtheirō
“to destroy”
Definition
to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
from G1225 (διαβάλλω) and G5351 (φθείρω);
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Occurrences
διαφθείρω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
The nations were enraged,and Your wrath has come.The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets,as well as the saints and those who fear Your name,both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
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