ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ, ἀφθαρτον
APHTHARTON, aphtharton
Sounds Like: af-THAR-ton
Translations: incorruptible, imperishable, immortal, an incorruptible thing, an imperishable thing
From the root: ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not subject to decay, destruction, or corruption. It signifies an enduring, imperishable quality, often used in a spiritual or theological context to refer to things that are eternal or divine. It can be used to describe a state of being that is free from physical or moral decay.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0086 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 16:9
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:96
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 9:2
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 7:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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, ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΙ — imperishable, incorruptible, immortal
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ — incorruptible, imperishable, immortal, undecaying, uncorrupted
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ — incorruptible, immortal, undecaying, an incorruptible
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΥ — of the incorruptible, of the immortal, of the imperishable
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΩ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable, undecaying
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