ΦΘΟΡΕΥΣ, φθορευς
PHTHOREUS, phthoreus
Sounds Like: fthor-EFS
Translations: destroyer, corrupter, a destroyer, a corrupter
From the root: ΦΘΟΡΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a masculine noun referring to someone who destroys or corrupts. It describes an agent of destruction or decay, someone who causes ruin or moral degradation. It can be used to describe a person or even a force that brings about destruction.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5351 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 10:7
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 18:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΟΡΕΥΣ.
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.
- ΦΘΟΡΕΙΣ — corrupters, destroyers
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