The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

διαφθείρω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaδιαφθείρω
Citation formδιαφθείρω
Part of speechverb
GlossI destroy, waste, corrupt
Strong’sG1311
Transliterationdiaphtheírō
Definitionto rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
KJV glosses:--corrupt, destroy, perish.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
διαφθεῖραι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Revelation 11:18
διαφθείρει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Luke 12:33
διαφθείρεται
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PPI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 4:16
διαφθείροντας
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPAPM-) — Revelation 11:18
διεφθάρησαν
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3API-P--) — Revelation 8:9
διεφθαρμένων
verb, perfect, passive, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPGPM-) — 1 Timothy 6:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: διαφθειρω.