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.
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