The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φθείρω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaφθείρω
Citation formφθείρω
Part of speechverb
GlossI corrupt, spoil, destroy
Strong’sG5351
Transliterationphtheírō
Definitionproperly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
KJV glosses:--corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
Derivationprobably strengthened from (to pine or waste)
SBLGNT occurrences8

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
ἐφθείραμεν
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1AAI-P--) — 2 Corinthians 7:2
ἔφθειρεν
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Revelation 19:2
φθαρῇ
verb, third person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3APS-S--) — 2 Corinthians 11:3
φθαρήσονται
verb, third person, future, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FPI-P--) — 2 Peter 2:12
φθείρει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 3:17
φθειρόμενον
verb, present, passive, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPASM-) — Ephesians 4:22
φθείρονται
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PPI-P--) — Jude 1:10
φθείρουσιν
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — 1 Corinthians 15:33
φθερεῖ
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 3:17

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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