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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #861 - ἀφθαρσία

Transliteration

aphtharsía

Phonetics

af-thar-see'-ah

Origin

from (G862)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

9:93,1259

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

incorruption, perpetuity
purity, sincerity, incorrupt

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

BSB (8)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

CSB (5)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

ESV (7)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

KJV (8)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

N95 (7)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

NAS (7)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

NLT (6)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 3

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

WEB (8)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

Titus 1

YLT (6)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

2 Timothy 1

ASV (7)

immortality 1

incorruption 5

nbsp 1

BSB (8)

an undying love 1

immortality 2

imperishable 3

show integrity 1

with the imperishable 1

CSB (5)

immortality 1

incorruption 1

undying 1

with incorruptibility 2

ESV (7)

immortality 2

imperishable 3

incorruptible 1

integrity 1

KJV (8)

immortality 2

incorruption 4

sincerity 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

immortality 2

incorruptible 5

N95 (7)

immortality 2

imperishable 4

incorruptible 1

NAS (7)

immortality 2

imperishable 4

incorruptible 1

NLT (6)

die 1

eternally 1

forever 2

immortality 2

WEB (8)

immortality 1

incorruptibility 2

incorruption 4

YLT (6)

immortality 1

incorruptibility 1

incorruption 4

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

BEZ

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

BGB

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

BMT

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

BYZ

N-ASF 5

N-DSF 2

ELZ

N-ASF 5

N-DSF 2

NA26

N-ASF 5

N-DSF 2

SBL

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

SCV

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

STV

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

TIS

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

N-ASF 6

N-DSF 2

TRG

N-ASF 5

N-DSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀφθαρ-σία, ἡ,

I incorruption, immortality, Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.28U., Phld. D. 3.9, al., LXX Wisdom of Solomon 2:23, Ph 1.37, al., Romans 2:7, Simp. in Cael. 298.16, etc.

II integrity, sincerity, Ephesians 6:24.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀφθαρσία, ἀφθαρσίας, ἡ (ἄφθαρτος, cf. ἀκαθαρσία) (Tertullian and subsequent writingsincorruptibilitas, Vulg. incorruptio (andincorruptela)), incorruption, perpetuity: τοῦ κόσμου, Philo de incorr. round. § 11; it is ascribed to τό θεῖον in Plutarch, Aristotle, c. 6; of the body of man exempt from decay after the resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:42 (ἐν ἀφθαρσία, namely, ὄν), 50, 53f; of a blessed immortality (Wis. 2:23 Wis. 6:19; 4 Macc. 17:12), Romans 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:10. τινα ἀγαπᾶν ἐν ἀφθαρσία to love one with never diminishing love, Ephesians 6:24 (cf. Meyer at the passage The word seems to have the meaning purity, sincerity, incorruptness in Titus 2:7 Rec.st).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

**† ἀφθαρσία , -ας , ἡ

(< ἄφθαρτος ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 2:23; Wisdom of Solomon 6:19, 4 Maccabees 9:22; 4 Maccabees 17:12 *;]

incorruptibility, immortality: Romans 2:7, 1 Corinthians 15:42; 1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, 2 Timothy 1:10; ἀγαπώντων . . . ἐν ἀ ., Ephesians 6:24 (v. AR, in l).†

ἀ -φθορία , -ας , ἡ

(< φθείρω ),

[in LXX: Haggai 2:17 (H7711)*;]

uncorruptness: Titus 2:7 (Rec. ἀφθορία ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

An interesting example of this word occurs in the fragment of the Gnostic Gospel from the beginning of iv/A.D., P Oxy VIII. 1081.14 ff., where in contrast to the perishing of everything born of corruption (ἀπὸ φθορᾶς ) we find τὸ ] δ ̣ὲ γε [ι ]νόμεν [ον ἀπὸ ] ἀφ [θ ]αρσίας [οὐκ ἀπο ]γείν [εται ] ἀλλ [ὰ μ ]έν [ει ] ἄφ [θαρ ]τον ὡς ἀπὸ ἀ [φ ]θ [αρσία ]ς ̣ γ ̣εγονός . It is also quoted from Epicurus (60.8) τὴν μετὰ ἀφθαρσίας μακαριότητα : see Linde, p. 43, where other literary parallels are noted.

List of Word Forms

αφθαρσια αφθαρσία ἀφθαρσίᾳ αφθαρσιαν αφθαρσίαν ἀφθαρσίαν αφθοριαν ἀφθορίαν aphtharsia aphtharsíāi aphtharsian aphtharsían aphthorian aphthorían