phtheiro <5351>

fyeirw phtheiro

Pronunciation	:	fthi'-ro
Origin	:	probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste)
Reference	:	TDNT - 9:93,1259
PrtSpch	:	v (verb)
In Greek	:	efyeiramen 1, efyeiren 1, fyarh 1, fyarhsontai 1, fyeirei 1, fyeiromenon 1, fyeirontai 1, fyeirousin 1, fyerei 1
In NET	:	destroys 1, corrupts 1, corrupted 1, is being corrupted 1, may led astray 1, will be destroyed 1, we have ruined 1, they are being destroyed 1, will destroy 1
In AV	:	corrupt 4, corrupt (one's) self 1, be corrupt 1, defile 1, destroy 1
Count	:	8
Definition	:	1) to corrupt, to destroy 1a) in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties 1b) to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide 1c) to be destroyed, to perish 1d) in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave): KJV -- corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
Related Hebrew	:	lbx <02254>; txv <07843>; qqb <01238>; lbn <05034>; own <05127>

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