Strong's Greek · G5349

φθαρτός

phthartós

corruptible

Definition

decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable

Derivation

from G5351 (φθείρω);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:53

For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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