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Strong's #862 - ἄφθαρτος
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- uncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable
- of things
- immortal
- of the risen dead
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ἄφθαρ-τος, ον,
I uncorrupted, undecaying, Ph. Bel. 67.37.
II
1. incorruptible, Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.29U., al., Phld. D. 3 Fr. 88b, al., Diog.Oen. 63, al.
2. eternal, Arist. AP 0.85b18, Cael. 270a21; immortal, πνεῦμα LXX Wi. 12.1; τὸ πᾶν Ocell. 1.10, D.S. 1.6; ψυχαί D.H. 8.62; θεός Romans 1:23; γένος Ph. 1.689; οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄ. 1 Corinthians 15:52; of poems, Μοῦσαι Epigr.Gr. 226.5 (Teos). Adv. -τως, τιμᾶν ib.919.10 (Lycia).
ἄφθαρτος, ἄφθαρτον (φθείρω), uncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable: of things, 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Peter 1:4, 23; 1 Peter 3:4; (ἄφθαρτος κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας, Mark 16 WH in (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion'). immortal: of the risen dead, 1 Corinthians 15:52; of God, Romans 1:23; 1 Timothy 1:17. (Wis. 12:1 Wis. 18:4. (Aristotle), Plutarch, Lucian, others. (Cf. Trench, § lxviii.).)
STRONGS NT 862b: ἀφθορία ἀφθορία, ἀφθοριας, ἡ (ἄφθορος uncorrupted, from φθείρω), uncorruptness: Titus 2:7 L T Tr WH; see ἀδιαφθορία.
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** ἄ -φθαρτος , -ον
(< φθείρω ),
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 12:1; Wisdom of Solomon 18:4 *;]
imperishable, immortal;
(a) of things: 1 Corinthians 9:25, 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 3:4;
(b) of persons: of men, 1 Corinthians 15:52; of God, Romans 1:23, 1 Timothy 1:17 (MM, s.v.).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
As an antithesis to ";mortal,"; the term is well seen in Syll 365.10 (c. A.D. 37) θεῶν δὲ χάριτες τούτῳ διαφέρουσιν ἀνθρωπίνων διαδοχῶν , ᾧ ἢ νυκτὸς ἥλιος καὶ (for ἢ ) τὸ ἄφθαρτον θνητῆς φύσεως . OGIS 569.24 (A.D. 312) ὑπὲρ ] τῆς αἰωνίου καὶ ἀφθάρτου βασιλείας ὑμῶν , with reference to the Imperial rule. The adj. occurs ter in the magic papyrus P Lond 121 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 83 ff.) : see also P Leid Wxx. 37 οὐρανὸν μέγαν ἀένναον ἄφθαρτον . Cf. s.v. ἀφθαρσία . The record hardly proves a vernacular currency.
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