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Lexicon :: Strong's G1311 - diaphtheirō

Aa
διαφθείρω
Transliteration
diaphtheirō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-af-thi'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:93,1259

Strong’s Definitions

διαφθείρω diaphtheírō, dee-af-thi'-ro; from G1225 and G5351; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert):—corrupt, destroy, perish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1311 in the following manner: destroy (3x), corrupt (2x), perish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G1311 in the following manner: destroy (3x), corrupt (2x), perish (1x).

  1. to change for the worse, to corrupt

    1. of minds, morals

  2. to destroy, ruin

    1. to consume

      1. of bodily vigour and strength

      2. of the worm or moth that eats provisions, clothing, etc.

    2. to destroy, to kill

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαφθείρω diaphtheírō, dee-af-thi'-ro; from G1225 and G5351; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert):—corrupt, destroy, perish.
STRONGS G1311:
διαφθείρω; 1 aorist διέφθειρα; passive [present διαφθείρομαι]; perfect participle διεφθαρμένος; 2 aorist διεφθάρην; Sept. very often for שִׁחֵת, occasionally for חִבֵּל; in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. to change for the worse, to corrupt: minds, morals; τὴν γῆν, i. e. the men that inhabit the earth, Revelation 11:18; διεφθαρμένοι τὸν νοῦν, 1 Timothy 6:5 (τὴν διάνοιαν, Plato, legg. 10, p. 888 a.; τὴν γνώμην, Dionysius Halicarnassus Antiquities 5, 21; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 12).
2. to destroy, ruin, (Latin perdere);
a. to consume, of bodily vigor and strength: ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται [is decaying], 2 Corinthians 4:16; of the worm or moth that eats provisions, clothing, etc. Luke 12:33.
b. to destroy (Latin delere): Revelation 8:9; to kill, διαφθείρειν τοὺς, etc. Revelation 11:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
12:33
2 Corinthians
4:16
1 Timothy
6:5
Revelation
8:9; 11:18; 11:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1311 matches the Greek διαφθείρω (diaphtheirō),
which occurs 67 times in 63 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Jdg 2:19–Dan 2:44)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;
There is none that doeth good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity;
There is none that doeth good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;
For my soul taketh refuge in thee:
Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,
Until these calamities be overpast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.
Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:
Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a song.
We give thanks unto thee, O God;
We give thanks, for thy name is near:
Men tell of thy wondrous works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -
But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not:
Yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
And did not stir up all his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 -
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them;
And frogs, which destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:5 - Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 - They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 - Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel;
He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds;
And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly:
Jehovah hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion,
And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

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Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion;
He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:44 - And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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