ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΙ, ἀφθαρτοι
APHTHARTOI, aphthartoi
Sounds Like: af-THAR-toy
Translations: incorruptible, immortal, undecaying, imperishable
From the root: ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not subject to decay, corruption, or death. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (not) and 'φθαρτός' (corruptible, perishable). It is often used in theological contexts to describe the nature of God, the resurrected body, or spiritual realities that are eternal and unchanging. For example, one might speak of an 'incorruptible crown' or 'incorruptible glory'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0086 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 15:52
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΑ — incorruptible, imperishable, undecaying, immortal, incorruptible things, imperishable things
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable, undecaying
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΥ — of the incorruptible, of the imperishable, of the immortal, of the undecaying
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΥΣ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΩ — (to) incorruptible, (to) imperishable, (to) immortal, an incorruptible (thing/person)
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΩΝ — of incorruptible, of imperishable, of immortal
- ΜΕΝἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ — indeed incorruptible, on the one hand incorruptible, indeed imperishable, on the one hand imperishable
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