What does ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos) mean in the Bible?
ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos): Imperishable by nature, resistant to decay and corruption in both essence and duration.
Greek · G862
ἄφθαρτος
Undecaying (in essence or continuance)
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ἄφθαρτος G862
Pronunciation áphthartos
What does ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos) mean in the Bible?
ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos): Imperishable by nature, resistant to decay and corruption in both essence and duration.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G862?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include immortal (2), imperishable (2), [that is] imperishable (1), of imperishable (1), unfading [ beauty ] (1).
Where does ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:23. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (3), 1 Corinthians (2), 1 Timothy (1), Romans (1).
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 immortal 2× Romans 1:23, 1 Timothy 1:17
imperishable 2× 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Peter 1:4
[that is] imperishable 1× 1 Corinthians 9:25
of imperishable 1× 1 Peter 1:23
unfading [ beauty ] 1× 1 Peter 3:4
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 1:23 ἀφθάρτου to immortal Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 9:25 ἄφθαρτον to [that is] imperishable Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:52 ἄφθαρτοι to imperishable Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Timothy 1:17 ἀφθάρτῳ to immortal Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 1:4 ἄφθαρτον to imperishable Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1 Peter 1:23 ἀφθάρτου to of imperishable Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1 Peter 3:4 ἀφθάρτῳ to unfading [ beauty ] Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 1:23
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Romans 1 1 Corinthians 2 1 Timothy 1 1 Peter 3
Source forms
ἄφθαρτον 2x aphtharton 1 Corinthians 9:25, 1 Peter 1:4
ἀφθάρτου 2x aphthartou Romans 1:23, 1 Peter 1:23
ἀφθάρτῳ 2x aphthartō 1 Timothy 1:17, 1 Peter 3:4
ἄφθαρτοι 1x aphthartoi 1 Corinthians 15:52
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Timothy 1:17, 1 Peter 3:4
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:4
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 9:25
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:23
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Romans 1:23
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 15:52
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Imperishable by nature, resistant to decay and corruption in both essence and duration.
Strong's G862
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 7 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
undecaying (in essence or continuance)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Imperishable by nature, resistant to decay and corruption in both essence and duration.
(φθείρω), [in LXX: Wis.12:1 18:4 * ;] imperishable, immortal;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:23 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀφθάρτου afqartou
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:25 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἄφθαρτον. afqarton
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:52 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄφθαρτοι, afqartoi
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Timothy 1:17 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
ἀφθάρτῳ, afqartw
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Peter 1:4 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄφθαρτον afqarton
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Peter 1:23 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀφθάρτου, afqartou
imperishable, incorruptible
Read verse 1 Peter 3:4 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
ἀφθάρτῳ afqartw
imperishable, incorruptible
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 7 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 7 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 15:52 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rom 1:23 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:23 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 1:17 · 1 Pet 3:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 16:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 9:25 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:4 1×
Word Origins
ἄφθαρτος is built from these roots:
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