aphthartos · imperishable

What it means

aphthartos (ἄφθαρτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “imperishable”.

Incorruptible.

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. What does not decay or die.

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

How it is translated

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

• imperishable ×6
• incorruptible ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 1 Peter×3

• Mark 16:8

  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

• Romans 1:23

  and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of a corruptible human being and of birds and of four-footed animals and of creeping things.

• 1 Corinthians 9:25

  And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things; they then do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

• 1 Corinthians 15:52

  in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

• 1 Timothy 1:17

  To the King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

• 1 Peter 1:4

  to an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

• 1 Peter 1:23

  having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the word of God, living and remaining.

• 1 Peter 3:4

  but the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.