- φθείρω
- to ruin, waste, spoil, destroy
- φθείρω
- I corrupt, spoil, destroy
- I corrupt, spoil, destroy, ruin.
- φθείρω
- properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
Derivation: probably strengthened from φθίω (to pine or waste);KJV Usage: corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
- φθείρω
- to destroy
- G:V
- φθείρω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi., pi., also for חָבַל, etc. ;]
to destroy, corrupt, spoil (on the varied usage and distinctive meaning of the word, see Mayor on 2Pe, App., 175 ff.): with accusative,; before ἀπό, 2Co.11:3; ἐν,Refs
1Co.3:17 15:23, 2Co.7:2; κατά, Eph.4:22 (cf. δια-, κατα-φθείρω).†Refs
2Pe.2:12, Ju 10, Rev.19:2
(AS)
1) to corrupt, to destroy
1a) in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties
1b) to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide
1c) to be destroyed, to perish
1d) in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave
1a) in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties
1b) to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide
1c) to be destroyed, to perish
1d) in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave
φθείρω
phtheirō
fthi'-ro
Probably strengthened from φθίω phthiō (to pine or waste): properly to shrivel or wither, that is, to spoil (by any process) or (genitive) to ruin (especially figuratively by moral influences, to deprave)
KJV Usage: corrupt (self), defile, destroy.