ἈΦΘΑΡΣΙΑΝ, ἀφθαρσιαν
APHTHARSIAN, aphtharsian
Sounds Like: af-thar-SEE-an
Translations: immortality, incorruptibility, imperishability
From the root: ΑΦΘΑΡΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of being immortal, incorruptible, or imperishable. It is often used in a theological context to describe the eternal nature of God or the resurrected state of believers, implying freedom from decay, death, or moral corruption. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (not) and 'φθαρσία' (corruption, decay).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0086 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:16
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 17:1
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 52:1
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 6:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 9:22
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΘΑΡΣΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΦΘΑΡΙΑΝ — incorruptibility, immortality, imperishableness, a state of not decaying, a state of not perishing
- ἈΦΘΑΡΣΙΑΣ — of incorruption, of immortality, of imperishability
- ΑΦΘΑΡΣΙΑ — incorruption, immortality, imperishability, incorruptibility
- ΑΦΘΑΡΣΙΑΝ — incorruptibility, immortality, imperishableness, incorruption
- ΑΦΘΑΡΣΙΑΣ — of incorruptibility, of immortality, of imperishableness, of immortality, of an incorruptible state
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