"pr. incapability of decay; met. incorruptness, integrity, genuineness, purity, Tit. 2:7*"
Definition and meaning
pr. incapability of decay; met. incorruptness, integrity, genuineness, purity, Tit. 2:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀφθορία
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of aphthoria (G862) across the King James Bible.
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Common questions
Strong's G862 (aphthoria) is a Greek word that means: pr. incapability of decay; met. incorruptness, integrity, genuineness, purity, Tit. 2:7* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word aphthoria (G862) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G862 is aphthoria, a Greek word defined as: pr. incapability of decay; met. incorruptness, integrity, genuineness, purity, Tit. 2:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
aphthoria is a Greek word found in the New Testament.