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Strong's G1311 διαφθείρω (diaphtheiro)

Diaphtheiro means “rot thoroughly” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1311 — bashel (“sodden”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1311
Language Greek
Linked Usages 76
Books 24

Strong's G1311 Quick Answer

Strong's G1311 διαφθείρω (diaphtheiro) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diaphtheiro (dee-af-thei'-ro) v. 1. to rot thoroughly 2. (by implication) to ruin It has 76 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include corrupteth, perish, corrupt, destroyed, and destroy. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
diaphtheiro (dee-af-thei'-ro) v. 1. to rot thoroughly 2. (by implication) to ruin
Usage
76 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
corrupteth, perish, corrupt, destroyed, and destroy

Meaning and Definition

diaphtheiro (dee-af-thei'-ro) v. 1. to rot thoroughly 2. (by implication) to ruin 3. (passively) decay utterly 4. (figuratively) pervert [from G1225 and G5351] KJV: corrupt, destroy, perish Root(s): G1225, G5351

Original Word
διαφθείρω
Transliteration
diaphtheiro
Derivation
Root: φθείρω R1: 1225 R2: 5351
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1311. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to destroy

Usage: δια-φθείρω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi. ;] __1. to destroy utterly: Luk.12:33, Rev.11:18; pass., to be destroyed, disabled: Rev.8:9, 2Co.4:16. __2. In moral sense, to corrupt, deprave: τ. γῆν, Rev.11:18; pass., διεφθαρμένοι τ. νοῦν, 1Ti.6:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1311 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diaphtheiro, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

corrupt 1 Timothy 6:5 corrupteth Luke 12:33 destroy Revelation 11:18 destroyed Revelation 8:9 perish 2 Corinthians 4:16

How Strong's G1311 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 64 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1311 (διαφθείρω) appears 75 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1311 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1311 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 12:33 KJV

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

2 Corinthians 4:16 KJV

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

1 Timothy 6:5 KJV

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Strong's G1311 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

64 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Judges 2:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted themselves worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.

Judges 6:5 Septuagint / Brenton

For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.

Judges 16:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.

Strong's G1311 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 12:23 Septuagint / Brenton

Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.

3 Maccabees 1:5 Septuagint / Brenton

It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.

3 Maccabees 2:4 Septuagint / Brenton

It was thou who didst destroy the former workers of unrighteousness, among whom were the giants, who trusted in their strength and hardihood, by covering them with a measureless flood.

Usage Excerpts

First 76 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1311.

Judges 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted themselves worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.
Judges 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
Judges 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.
Judges 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.
Judges 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Benjamin went forth from Gibeah, and they destroyed in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men down to the ground.
Judges 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin went forth to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroyed of the children of Israel yet further eighteen thousand men down to the ground: all these drew sword.
Judges 20:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord smote Benjamin before the children of Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin in that day a hundred and twenty-five thousand men: all these drew sword.
Judges 20:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
Ruth 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do thou redeem my right for thyself, for I shall not be able to redeem it.
1 Kingdoms 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.
1 Kingdoms 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden emerods, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and ye shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
1 Kingdoms 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Ophrah toward the land of Shaul,
1 Kingdoms 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror struck, and there was dismay from the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keilah to destroy the city on my account.
1 Kingdoms 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a man? and who is like thee in Israel? Why then dost thou not guard thy lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy thy lord the king.
2 Kingdoms 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?
2 Kingdoms 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the time of the year for kings going out to battle had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah: but David remained at Jerusalem.
2 Kingdoms 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, As the Lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.
2 Kingdoms 20:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy.
2 Kingdoms 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough now, withhold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
4 Kingdoms 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.
4 Kingdoms 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of his covenant with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy them, and did not cast them out from his presence.
4 Kingdoms 18:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now have we come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
4 Kingdoms 19:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed; both Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Psalms 13:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end, a Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.
Psalms 52:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: There is none that does good.
Psalms 56:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.
Psalms 57:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial.
Psalms 58:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.
Psalms 74:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph.
Psalms 77:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he is compassionate, And will forgive their sins, and will not destroy them: Yea, he will frequently turn away his wrath, And will not kindle all his anger.
Psalms 77:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent against them the dog fly, and it devoured them; And the frog, and it spoiled them.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; And say not in the presence of God, It was an error: Lest God be angry at thy voice, And destroy the works of thy hands.
Isaiah 49:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thy desert and marred and ruined places shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee.
Jeremiah 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them.
Jeremiah 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rise, and let us go up against her by night, and destroy her foundations.
Jeremiah 6:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.
Jeremiah 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;
Jeremiah 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I had buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.
Jeremiah 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.
Jeremiah 27:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting it: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.
Jeremiah 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.
Jeremiah 28:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.
Lamentations 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is become as an enemy: He has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, He has overwhelmed her palaces: He has destroyed his strongholds, And has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones To the daughter of Judah.
Lamentations 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has scattered his tabernacle as a vine, He has marred his feast: The Lord has forgotten the feast And the Sabbath which he appointed in Zion, And in the fury of his wrath Has vexed the king, and priest, and prince.
Lamentations 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has turned to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out the measuring line, He has not turned back his hand from afflicting her: Therefore the bulwark mourned, And the wall was weakened with it.
Ezekiel 20:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have done thus to you, that my name may not be profaned in your evil ways, and in your corrupt devices, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And her sister Oholibah saw it, and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.
Ezekiel 28:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy heart has been lifted up because of thy beauty; thy knowledge has been corrupted with thy beauty: because of the multitude of thy sins I have cast thee to the ground, I have caused thee to be put to open shame before kings.
Daniel 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that ye will also declare to me the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 2:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all other kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Daniel 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;
Daniel 6:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is forever.
Daniel 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to him was given the dominion, and the honor, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his power shall be great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practice, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.
Daniel 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.
Daniel 9:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint the city to desolations.
Daniel 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall set his face to come in with the force of his whole kingdom, and shall cause everything to prosper with him: and he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt her: but she shall not continue, neither be on his side.
Micah 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise thou, and depart; for this is not thy rest because of uncleanness: ye have been utterly destroyed;
Nahum 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
Zephaniah 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoiled.
Malachi 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
Malachi 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
Luke 12:33 New Testament, KJV
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
2 Corinthians 4:16 New Testament, KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
1 Timothy 6:5 New Testament, KJV
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Revelation 8:9 New Testament, KJV
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 11:18 New Testament, KJV
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
2 Maccabees 12:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.
3 Maccabees 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.
3 Maccabees 2:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It was thou who didst destroy the former workers of unrighteousness, among whom were the giants, who trusted in their strength and hardihood, by covering them with a measureless flood.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, And they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, Thy wrath endured not forever:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, That it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; Neither were the living sufficient to bury them: For in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
Wisdom of Sirach 47:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, Neither shall any of his works perish, Neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, And the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: Wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, And out of him a root unto David.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1311, grouped by book.

Judges 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1311 FAQ

What does diaphtheiro (διαφθείρω) mean?

Diaphtheiro (Strong's G1311) is a Greek word most simply glossed "rot thoroughly". diaphtheiro (dee-af-thei'-ro) v. 1. to rot thoroughly 2. (by implication) to ruin

How many times is diaphtheiro (διαφθείρω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 76 linked usages for Strong's G1311 across 24 books.

Where can I study diaphtheiro (διαφθείρω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1311 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate diaphtheiro (διαφθείρω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as corrupteth, perish, corrupt, destroyed, and destroy. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1311 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 64 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1311, with linked reader references where each row is available.