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Lexicon :: Strong's G861 - aphtharsia

Aa
ἀφθαρσία
Transliteration
aphtharsia (Key)
Pronunciation
af-thar-see'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
7x in 2 unique form(s) TR
8x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:93,1259

Strong’s Definitions

ἀφθαρσία aphtharsía, af-thar-see'-ah; from G862; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness:—immortality, incorruption, sincerity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G861 in the following manner: incorruption (4x), immortality (2x), sincerity (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G861 in the following manner: incorruption (4x), immortality (2x), sincerity (2x).

  1. incorruption, perpetuity

  2. purity, sincerity, incorrupt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφθαρσία aphtharsía, af-thar-see'-ah; from G862; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness:—immortality, incorruption, sincerity.
STRONGS G861:
ἀφθαρσία, -ας, ἡ, (ἄφθαρτος, cf. ἀκαθαρσία) (Tertullian and subsequent writings incorruptibilitas, Vulg. incorruptio [and incorruptela]), incorruption, perpetuity: τοῦ κόσμου, Philo de incorr. mund. § 11; it is ascribed to τὸ θεῖον in Plutarch, Aristotle, c. 6; of the body of man exempt from decay after the resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:42 (ἐν ἀφθ., 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. τινὰ ἀγαπᾶν ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ 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].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
2:7
1 Corinthians
15:42
Ephesians
6:24
2 Timothy
1:10
Titus
2:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G861 matches the Greek ἀφθαρσία (aphtharsia),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:7 - to those who by persistence in doing good seek [unseen but certain heavenly] glory, honor, and immortality, [He will give the gift of] eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 -

So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:50 -

Now I say this, believers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit nor be part of the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (mortal) inherit the imperishable (immortal).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:53 - For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us that is capable of dying] must put on immortality [which is freedom from death].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:54 - And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory (vanquished forever).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:24 - Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying and incorruptible love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:10 - but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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