διαφθορά
diaphthora · decay, corruption
Greek word · Strong’s number G1312 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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diaphthora (διαφθορά) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “decay, corruption”.
The decomposition of the body after death.
How to say it
di·aph·tho·ra
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
- The decomposition of the body after death.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Acts 2:27
because you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
- Acts 2:31
foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
- Acts 13:34
And that he raised him from the dead, no longer destined to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy things of David, the sure ones.’
- Acts 13:35
Therefore he also says in another psalm, ‘You will not let your Holy One see decay.’
- Acts 13:36
For David, after serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw decay;
- Acts 13:37
but he whom God raised did not see decay.