Decay - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Decay

[ 1,,G3822, palaioo ]
to make old" (palaios), is translated in Hebrews 8:13, firstly, "hath made ... old," secondly (Passive Voice), RV "is becoming old" (AV, "decayeth"); "wax old," Luke 12:33; Hebrews 1:11. See OLD.

[ 2,,G1311, diaphtheiro ]
"to destroy utterly," as used in 2 Corinthians 4:16 (here in the Passive Voice, lit., "is being destroyed), is rendered "is decaying" (RV, for AV, "perish"). See CORRUPT, DESTROY.

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