Decay
διαφθοράStrong’s G1312diaphthora
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Diaphthora is the Greek word usually translated “decay”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
Meaning
Usually translated “decay”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- decay 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 2:31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 13:35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 13:37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Greek dictionary
διαφθορά diaphthora · decay
δια-φθορὰ, -ᾶς, ἡ (διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת, and cogn. forms ;] 1. destruction. 2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Act.2:27 (LXX), Act.2:31 13:34-37.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “decay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECA'Y, verb intransitive
[Fr. dechoir, from Latin de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]
- To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to a less perfect state, or towards destruction; to fail; to decline; to be gradually impaired.
- To become weaker; to fail; as, our strength decays, or hopes decay
All definitions and other forms of “decay”
DECA'Y, verb transitive
To cause to fail; to impair; to bring to a worse state.
DECA'Y, noun
- Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any species of excellence or perfection; decline to a worse or less perfect state; tendency towards dissolution or extinction; a state of depravation or diminution.
- Declension from prosperity; decline of fortune.“If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay” Leviticus 25:35
- Cause of decay
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.