Phtheirō φθείρω

Phtheirō (Greek φθείρω, Strong's G5351) is a Greek verb meaning “to destroy”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Phtheirō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 3:17
  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33
  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 7:2
  Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3
  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 4:22
  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:12
  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

Jude

• Jude 1:10
  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

Revelation

• Revelation 19:2
  For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).