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φθείρω

Definition and meaning

phtheiro (fthei'-ro) v. 1. (properly) to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) 2. (generally) to ruin 3. (especially figuratively, by moral influences) to deprave [probably strengthened from phthio "to pine or waste"] KJV: corrupt (self), defile, destroy

Tagged KJV passages

7 matching verses - 9.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Matched English: defile, shall, destroy1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Matched English: corrupt2 Corinthians 7:2

Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

Matched English: corrupted2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Matched English: corruptedEphesians 4:22

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Matched English: corruptJude 1:10

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Matched English: themselvesRevelation 19:2

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Matched English: corrupt