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φθείρω
Transliteration
phtheiro;
Pronunciation
fthi'-ro
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste)
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 9:93
KJV Translation Count — 8x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: corrupt (4), corrupt (one's) self (1), be corrupt (1), defile (1), destroy (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to corrupt, to destroy
a. 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
b. to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide
c. to be destroyed, to perish
d. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave
Strong's Definitions
fthi'-ro; probably strengthened from φθίω (to pine or waste); properly to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (genitive) to ruin (especially figurative by moral influences, to deprave): — corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
Concordance Results Using KJV
If any man G5351 the temple of God, him shall God G5351; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have G5351ed no man, we have defrauded no man.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent G5351guiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should G5351 G5351ed from the simplicity that is in Christ.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is G5351 according to the deceitful lusts;
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute G5351asts, in those things they G5351 themselves.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did G5351 the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.