What does διαφθορά (diaphthorá) mean in the Bible?
διαφθορά (diaphthorá): Corruption denoting total ruin or decay, especially physical decomposition of the body in death.
Greek · G1312
διαφθορά
Decay
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διαφθορά G1312
Pronunciation diaphthorá
What does διαφθορά (diaphthorá) mean in the Bible?
διαφθορά (diaphthorá): Corruption denoting total ruin or decay, especially physical decomposition of the body in death.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1312?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include decay (6).
Where does διαφθορά (diaphthorá) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It decay 6× Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:34, Acts 13:35
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 2:27 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 2:31 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 13:34 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 13:35 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 13:36 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 13:37 διαφθοράν to decay Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:27
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 1
Acts 6
Source forms
διαφθοράν 6x diaphthoran Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:34, Acts 13:35
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 6x Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:34, Acts 13:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Corruption denoting total ruin or decay, especially physical decomposition of the body in death.
Strong's G1312
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
decay
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Corruption denoting total ruin or decay, especially physical decomposition of the body in death.
(διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת, and cogn. forms ;]
1destruction.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:27 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν. diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verse Acts 2:31 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν. diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verse Acts 13:34 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν, diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verse Acts 13:35 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν. diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verse Acts 13:36 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν· diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verse Acts 13:37 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαφθοράν. diafqoran
destruction, decay, corruption
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:27 · Acts 2:31 · Acts 13:34 · Acts 13:35 · Acts 13:36 · Acts 13:37 6×
Word Origins
διαφθορά is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain