phtheirō · destroy, corrupt

What it means

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

Destroy; corrupt, ruin.

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 tear something down until it lies in ruins.
2. To spoil from within.

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

How it is translated

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

• corrupted ×4
• be destroyed ×1
• corrupts ×1
• destroys ×1
• they are destroyed ×1
• will destroy ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×1

• 1 Corinthians 3:17

  If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; for God’s sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

• 2 Corinthians 7:2

  Make room for us; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.

• 2 Corinthians 11:3

  But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward the Messiah.

• Ephesians 4:22

  that you put off, according to your former way of life, the old man who is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit,

• 2 Peter 2:12

  But these, like irrational animals, born by nature for capture and destruction, blaspheming in matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

• Jude 1:10

  But these blaspheme all that they do not know, and what they understand by instinct, like irrational animals, by these things they are destroyed.

• Revelation 19:2

  because true and righteous are his judgments; because he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.”

And 1 more times.