The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φθορά

Lemmaφθορά
Citation formφθορά, ᾶς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glosscorruption, destruction, decay
Strong’sG5356
Transliterationphthorá
Definitiondecay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--corruption, destroy, perish.
Derivationfrom
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
φθορὰ
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)1 Corinthians 15:50
φθορᾷ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)1 Corinthians 15:42
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)2 Peter 2:12
φθοράν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Galatians 6:8
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)2 Peter 2:12
φθορὰν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Colossians 2:22
φθορᾶς
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Romans 8:21
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)2 Peter 1:4
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)2 Peter 2:19

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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