ΜΕΝἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ, μενἀφθαρτον
MENAPHTHARTON, menaphtharton
Sounds Like: men-AF-thar-ton
Translations: indeed incorruptible, on the one hand incorruptible, indeed imperishable, on the one hand imperishable
From the root: ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Particle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound formed by the particle 'ΜΕΝ' (men) and the adjective 'ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ' (aphtharton), which is the neuter singular form of 'ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ' (aphthartos). The particle 'ΜΕΝ' often introduces a clause or phrase that is contrasted with a subsequent clause (often introduced by 'ΔΕ'), meaning 'on the one hand' or 'indeed'. The adjective 'ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ' means 'incorruptible' or 'imperishable'. Together, the compound means 'indeed incorruptible' or 'on the one hand incorruptible'. It describes something that is not subject to decay or destruction.
Inflection: Particle (ΜΕΝ), Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative (ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΝ)
Strong’s numbers: G3303 (Lookup on BibleHub), G862 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:47
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
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΟΥΣ — incorruptible, immortal, imperishable
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΩ — (to) incorruptible, (to) imperishable, (to) immortal, an incorruptible (thing/person)
- ἈΦΘΑΡΤΩΝ — of incorruptible, of imperishable, of immortal
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.