Immortality
ἀθανασίαStrong’s G0110athanasia
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Athanasia is the Greek word usually translated “immortality”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”
Meaning
Usually translated “immortality”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- immortality 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 1 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Greek dictionary
ἀθανασία athanasia · immortality
ἀθανασία, -ας, ἡ (ἀ-θάνατος, undying; V. MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX: Wis.3:4 4:1 8:13,17 15:3, 4Ma.14:5 16:13 * ;] immortality: 1Co.15:53,54 1Ti.6:16 (cf. Cremer, 285 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “immortality” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMMORTAL'ITY, noun
The quality of never ceasing to live or exist; exemption from death and annihilation; life destined to endure without end; as the immortality of the human soul.
- “--Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” 2 Timothy 1:10
- Exemption from oblivion.
- Perpetuity; existence not limited; as the immortality of a corporation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.