Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
corruption, decay, ruin, corruptibility, mortality, Rom. 8:21; 1 Cor. 15:42; meton. corruptible, perishable substance, 1 Cor. 15:50; killing, slaughter, 2 Pet. 2:12; spiritual ruin, Gal. 6:8; Col. 2:22; met. moral corruption, depravity, 2 Pet. 1:4; 2:19*
Translated in KJV as
corruptiondestroyperish
Etymology
from G5351 (φθείρω);
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