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φθείρω

Transliteration phtheirō		Pronunciation fthā'-rō (Key)
Part of Speech verb		Root Word (Etymology) Probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste)
TDNT Reference 9:93,1259	Vines View Entry

1) to corrupt, to destroy

a) in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties

b) to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide

c) to be destroyed, to perish

d) in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave

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Strong's Number G5351 matches the Greek φθείρω (phtheirō), which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (1Cr 3:17 - Rev 19:2)
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1Cr 3:17	If any man ¹⁵³⁶ defile⁵³⁵¹ the temple ³⁴⁸⁵ of God ²³¹⁶, him ⁵¹²⁶ shall⁵³⁵¹ ⁰ God ²³¹⁶ destroy⁵³⁵¹ ; for ¹⁰⁶³ the temple ³⁴⁸⁵ of God ²³¹⁶ is ²⁰⁷⁶ holy ⁴⁰, which ³⁷⁴⁸ [temple] ye ⁵²¹⁰ are ²⁰⁷⁵ .
1Cr 15:33	Be ⁴¹⁰⁵ ⁰ not ³³⁶¹ deceived ⁴¹⁰⁵ : evil ²⁵⁵⁶ communications ³⁶⁵⁷ corrupt⁵³⁵¹ good ⁵⁵⁴³ manners ²²³⁹.
2Cr 7:2	Receive ⁵⁵⁶² us ²²⁴⁸; we have wronged ⁹¹ no man ³⁷⁶², we have corrupted⁵³⁵¹ no man ³⁷⁶², we have defrauded ⁴¹²² no man ³⁷⁶².
2Cr 11:3	But ¹¹⁶¹ I fear ⁵³⁹⁹ , lest ³³⁸¹ by any means ⁴⁴⁵⁸, as ⁵⁶¹³ the serpent ³⁷⁸⁹ beguiled ¹⁸¹⁸ Eve ²⁰⁹⁶ through ¹⁷²² his ⁸⁴⁶ subtilty ³⁸³⁴, so ³⁷⁷⁹ your ⁵²¹⁶ minds ³⁵⁴⁰ should be corrupted⁵³⁵¹ from ⁵⁷⁵ the simplicity ⁵⁷² that is in ¹⁵¹⁹ Christ ⁵⁵⁴⁷.
Eph 4:22	That ye ⁵²⁰⁹ put off ⁶⁵⁹ concerning ²⁵⁹⁶ the former ⁴³⁸⁷ conversation ³⁹¹ the old ³⁸²⁰ man ⁴⁴⁴, which ³⁵⁸⁸ is corrupt⁵³⁵¹ according ²⁵⁹⁶ to the deceitful ⁵³⁹ lusts ¹⁹³⁹;
Jud 1:10	But ¹¹⁶¹ these ³⁷⁷⁸ speak evil ⁹⁸⁷ of those things which ³⁷⁴⁵ ³³⁰³ they know ¹⁴⁹² not ³⁷⁵⁶: but ¹¹⁶¹ what ³⁷⁴⁵ they know ¹⁹⁸⁷ naturally ⁵⁴⁴⁷, as ⁵⁶¹³ brute ²⁴⁹ beasts ²²²⁶, in ¹⁷²² those things ⁵¹²⁵ they corrupt themselves⁵³⁵¹ .
Rev 19:2	For ³⁷⁵⁴ true ²²⁸ and ²⁵³² righteous ¹³⁴² [are] his ⁸⁴⁶ judgments ²⁹²⁰: for ³⁷⁵⁴ he hath judged ²⁹¹⁹ the great ³¹⁷³ whore ⁴²⁰⁴, which ³⁷⁴⁸ did corrupt⁵³⁵¹ the earth ¹⁰⁹³ with ¹⁷²² her ⁸⁴⁶ fornication ⁴²⁰², and ²⁵³² hath avenged ¹⁵⁵⁶ the blood ¹²⁹ of his ⁸⁴⁶ servants ¹⁴⁰¹ at ¹⁵³⁷ her ⁸⁴⁶ hand ⁵⁴⁹⁵.

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