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ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΥΣ, ἀφθαρτους

APHTHARTOUS, aphthartous

Sounds Like: af-THAR-tooss

Translations: incorruptible, immortal, imperishable

From the root: ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that cannot decay, perish, or be destroyed. It refers to a state of immortality or imperishability, often used in a spiritual or eternal sense. For example, it might describe a body that is not subject to decay or a treasure that cannot be destroyed.

Inflection: Plural, Masculine or Feminine, Accusative

Strong’s number: G0086 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Justin Martyr
  • First Apology of Justin Martyr — 10:1
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 46:7, 88:5, 117:3

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
  • ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable, undecaying
  • ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΥ — of the incorruptible, of the imperishable, of the immortal, of the undecaying
  • 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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