ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ, αφθαρτος
APHTHARTOS, aphthartos
Sounds Like: af-THAR-tos
Translations: incorruptible, immortal, undecaying, an incorruptible
From the root: ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not subject to decay, corruption, or death. It signifies immortality, imperishability, and incorruptibility. It is often used in theological contexts to describe God, the resurrected body, or spiritual realities that are eternal and unchanging. It is a compound word formed from the alpha privative 'α-' (meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'φθαρτός' (phthartos), meaning 'corruptible' or 'perishable'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G862 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ — incorruptible, imperishable, immortal, an incorruptible thing, an imperishable thing
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΙ — imperishable, incorruptible, immortal
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ — incorruptible, imperishable, immortal, undecaying, uncorrupted
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΥ — of the incorruptible, of the immortal, of the imperishable
- ΑΦΘΑΡΤΩ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable, undecaying
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