G5351Greekphtharḗsontai
φθαρήσονται
properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e., to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
9
Total Occurrences
6
Books
0
Old Testament
9
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1to corrupt, to destroy
- 2in 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
- 3to lead away a christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide
- 4to be destroyed, to perish
- 5in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave
Etymology & Derivation
probably strengthened from ???? (to pine or waste)