"to spoil, ruin, 1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 7:2; to corrupt, morally deprave, 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 11:3"
Definition and meaning
to spoil, ruin, 1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 7:2; to corrupt, morally deprave, 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 11:3
In the original Greek the word is written: φθείρω
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of phtheiro (G5351) across the King James Bible.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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Common questions
Strong's G5351 (phtheiro) is a Greek word that means: to spoil, ruin, 1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 7:2; to corrupt, morally deprave, 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 11:3 It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word phtheiro (G5351) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5351 is phtheiro, a Greek word defined as: to spoil, ruin, 1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 7:2; to corrupt, morally deprave, 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 11:3. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
phtheiro is a Greek word found in the New Testament.