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ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ, ἀφθαρτος

APHTHARTOS, aphthartos

Sounds Like: af-THAR-tos

Translations: incorruptible, immortal, imperishable, undecaying

From the root: ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that is not subject to decay, corruption, or destruction. It signifies an enduring, unchangeable quality, often used in a spiritual or theological context to refer to things that are eternal or divine. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not') and 'φθαρτός' (phthartos, meaning 'corruptible' or 'perishable').

Inflection: Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter; Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative; Singular or Plural

Strong’s number: G0862 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Ignatius of Antioch
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 7:3
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 11:2
Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:4

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
  • ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΙ — incorruptible, immortal, undecaying, imperishable
  • 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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