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STRONGS NUMBER G5349
Transliteration: phthartos
Phonetic Spelling: (fthar-tos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: perishable, corruptible
Meaning: perishable, corruptible
φθαρτός, φθαρτη, φθαρτόν (φθείρω), corruptible, perishable (Vulg.corruptibilis): 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 Peter 1:23; ἄνθρωπος, i. e. mortal, opposed to ὁ ἄφθαρτος Θεός, Romans 1:23; οὐ φθαρτοῖς ἀργυρίῳ ἤ χρυσίῳ, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, 1 Peter 1:18 (Winer's Grammar, § 59, 5 at the end) (χρυσός καί ἄργυρος, ὀυσιαι φθαρται, Philo de cherub. § 14; οὐκ ἄργυρον οὐδέ χρυσόν τινα, ἤ ἄλλο τῶν ἐν ὕλαις φθαρταις, de congr. erudit. grat. § 20); neuter τό φθαρτόν, that which is liable to corruption (τό φθαρτόν τοῦτο this corruptible (A. V.)), 1 Corinthians 15:53f. (Diodorus 1, 6; Philo de legg. alleg. 2, 1; de cherub. § 2; (Aristotle), Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, others; 2 Macc. 7:16; Wis. 9:15 Wis. 14:8.)
Word Summary
phthartos: perishable, corruptible
Original Word: φθαρτόςTransliteration: phthartos
Phonetic Spelling: (fthar-tos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: perishable, corruptible
Meaning: perishable, corruptible
Strong's Concordance
corruptible. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable -- corruptible.
see GREEK phtheiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5349: φθαρτόςφθαρτός, φθαρτη, φθαρτόν (φθείρω), corruptible, perishable (Vulg.corruptibilis): 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 Peter 1:23; ἄνθρωπος, i. e. mortal, opposed to ὁ ἄφθαρτος Θεός, Romans 1:23; οὐ φθαρτοῖς ἀργυρίῳ ἤ χρυσίῳ, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, 1 Peter 1:18 (Winer's Grammar, § 59, 5 at the end) (χρυσός καί ἄργυρος, ὀυσιαι φθαρται, Philo de cherub. § 14; οὐκ ἄργυρον οὐδέ χρυσόν τινα, ἤ ἄλλο τῶν ἐν ὕλαις φθαρταις, de congr. erudit. grat. § 20); neuter τό φθαρτόν, that which is liable to corruption (τό φθαρτόν τοῦτο this corruptible (A. V.)), 1 Corinthians 15:53f. (Diodorus 1, 6; Philo de legg. alleg. 2, 1; de cherub. § 2; (Aristotle), Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, others; 2 Macc. 7:16; Wis. 9:15 Wis. 14:8.)