Aphthartos means “immortal” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H862 — attuq (“gallery”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G862 ἄφθαρτος (aphthartos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aphthartos (af'-thar-tos) adj. 1. undecaying (in essence or continuance) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5351] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include corruptible and immortal. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aphthartos (af'-thar-tos) adj. 1. undecaying (in essence or continuance) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5351] KJV: not (in-, un-)corruptible, immortal Root(s): G1, G5351
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G862. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
incorruptible
Usage: ἄ-φθαρτος, -ον (φθείρω), [in LXX: Wis.12:1 18:4 * ;] imperishable, immortal; __(a) of things: 1Co.9:25, 1Pe.1:4 1:23 3:4; __(b) of persons: of men, 1Co.15:52; of God, Rom.1:23, 1Ti.1:17 (MM, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aphthartos, 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.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G862 (ἄφθαρτος) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
7 indexed usages in New Testament.
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, Who had kept thy sons shut up, By whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G862.
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, Who had kept thy sons shut up, By whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G862, grouped by book.
Aphthartos (Strong's G862) is a Greek word most simply glossed "immortal". aphthartos (af'-thar-tos) adj. 1. undecaying (in essence or continuance) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5351]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G862 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G862 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as corruptible and immortal. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G862, with linked reader references where each row is available.