What does δουλεία · φθορά mean in the Bible?
δουλεία · φθορά is a Greek phrase meaning "bondage to corruption or decay".
Greek · G1397, G5356
δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς
Slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) · corruption
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δουλεία G1397 slavery (ceremonially or figuratively)
Pronunciation douleía
Bondage condition of servitude; contrasts with freedom and adoption as God's children in Paul's theology.
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φθορά G5356 corruption
Pronunciation phthorá
Decay subject to time and mortality, contrasted with eternal life and incorruptible resurrection existence.
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What does δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς (douleias tēs phthoras) mean in the Bible?
δουλεία · φθορά is a Greek phrase meaning "bondage to corruption or decay".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1397, G5356?
G1397, G5356 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. bondage to corruption or decay
Source Gloss
bondage to corruption or decay
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 8:15 · Rom 8:21 · Gal 5:1 · Heb 2:15 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Gal 4:24 1×
Word Origins
δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς 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