φθείρω
phtheírō
“properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to spoil, ruin, 1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 7:2; to corrupt, morally deprave, 1 Cor. 15:33; 2 Cor. 11:3
Translated in KJV as
corrupt (self)defiledestroy
Etymology
probably strengthened from (to pine or waste);
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