Strong's Number G5351

φθείρω

phtheiro · fthi'-ro

Transliteration:

phtheiro{fthi'-ro}

Word Origin:

probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste)

TDNT:

9:93,1259

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)

Usage in the KJV:

corrupt 4, corrupt (one's) self 1, be corrupt 1, defile 1, destroy 1

Total: 8
Occurs 9 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to corrupt, to destroy
1. 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
2. to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide
3. to be destroyed, to perish
4. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave