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GreekG5349Adjective

φθαρτός

phthartos

6Occurrences
G5349Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable

from G5351 (φθείρω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
perishable, corruptible: ἄνθρωπος, (opposite to ἄφθαρτος θεός); στέφανος, (opposite to αρτος); σπσρά, (opposite to ἄφθ.); neut., τὸ φ. τοῦτο; pl.
LXX: (מִשְׁחָת), A א3, *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

φθαρτός appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
3
1 Peter
2
Romans
1

Key Passages

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.”

1 Corinthians 9:25BSB

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

1 Peter 1:18BSB

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

1 Peter 1:23BSB

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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