Lexicon phthartos: perishable, corruptible Original Word: φθαρτός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: phthartos Phonetic Spelling: (fthar-tos') Short Definition: corruptible, perishable Definition: corruptible, perishable. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5349 phthartós (an adjective, derived from 5351 /phtheírō) – perishable, what easily perishes disintegrates (corrupts) – like the break-down of the physical body during our natural lifetime. See 5351 (phteírō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom phtheiróDefinitionperishable, corruptible NASB Translationcorruptible (1), perishable (3), perishable things (1), which is perishable (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5349: φθαρτόςφθαρτός, φθαρτη, φθαρτόν ( φθείρω), corruptible, perishable ( Vulg.corruptibilis): 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 Peter 1:23; ἄνθρωπος, i. e. mortal, opposed to ὁ ἄφθαρτος Θεός, Romans 1:23; οὐ φθαρτοῖς ἀργυρίῳ ἤ χρυσίῳ, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, 1 Peter 1:18 ( Winer's Grammar, § 59, 5 at the end) ( χρυσός καί ἄργυρος, ὀυσιαι φθαρται, Philo de cherub. § 14; οὐκ ἄργυρον οὐδέ χρυσόν τινα, ἤ ἄλλο τῶν ἐν ὕλαις φθαρταις, de congr. erudit. grat. § 20); neuter τό φθαρτόν, that which is liable to corruption ( τό φθαρτόν τοῦτο this corruptible ( A. V.)), 1 Corinthians 15:53f. ( Diodorus 1, 6; Philo de legg. alleg. 2, 1; de cherub. § 2; ( Aristotle), Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, others; 2 Macc. 7:16; Wis. 9:15 Wis. 14:8.)
Strong's corruptible. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable -- corruptible. see GREEK phtheiro |
    |