diaphtheirō · destroy, corrupt

What it means

diaphtheirō (διαφθείρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “destroy, corrupt”.

Destroy, ruin; corrupt, deprave.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To ruin something completely, or to wear away little by little.
2. To damage the mind until it no longer judges rightly.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• destroy ×2
• corrupted ×1
• destroys ×1
• wasting away ×1
• were destroyed ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Revelation×3

• Luke 12:33

  Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

• 2 Corinthians 4:16

  Therefore we do not lose heart; but even if our outer person is wasting away, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.

• 1 Timothy 6:5

  constant friction of people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a means of gain.

• Revelation 8:9

  and a third of the creatures in the sea, those that had life, died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

• Revelation 11:18

  And the nations raged, and your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

And 1 more times.