Perishable
φθαρτόςStrong’s G5349phthartos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phthartos is the Greek word usually translated “perishable”, “mortal” and “perishable things”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “perishable”, “mortal” and “perishable things”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- perishable 3
- of mortal 1
- a perishable 1
- by perishable things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- 1 Peter 2
- Romans 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 9:25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
- 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.
- 1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- 1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Greek dictionary
φθαρτός phthartos · perishable
φθαρτός, -ή, -όν (φθείρω) [in LXX: Lev.22:25 (מִשְׁחָת), Isa.54:17 A א3, Wis.9:15 14:8, 2Ma.7:16 * ;] perishable, corruptible: ἄνθρωπος, Rom.1:23 (opposite to ἄφθαρτος θεός); στέφανος, 1Co.9:25 (opposite to αρτος); σπσρά, 1Pe.1:23 (opposite to ἄφθ.); neut., τὸ φ. τοῦτο, 1Co.15:53-54; pl., 1Pe.1:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “perishable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PER'ISHABLE, adjective
Liable to perish; subject to decay and destruction. The bodies of animals and plants are perishable The souls of men are not perishable
- Subject to speedy 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.