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Corruption

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G5356, G7946, G9633, H1097, H4889, H4893, H7845, G1312
Hebrew
בְּלִי · bᵉlîy
Greek
φθορά · phthora

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φθορά

G5356
Transliteration
phthora
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

corruption, corruption, destroy, perish

Lexicon definition

φθορά, -ᾶς, ἡ (φθείρω) [in LXX for שַׁחַת, חֶבֶל, etc. ;] destruction, corruption, decay (see Mayor on 2Pe, App.,175 ff.): Rom.8:21, 1Co.15:42, Col.2:22, 2Pe.2:12; opposite to ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Gal.6:8; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, 1Co.15:50; of moral decay, 2Pe.1:4 2:12 2:19 (cf. Wis.14:12).† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

καταφθορά

G7946
Transliteration
kataphthora
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

corruption

Lexicon definition

1. destruction, death , (Euripides) 2. metaphorically confusion , φρενῶν (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φθάρμα

G9633
Transliteration
phtharma
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

corruption

Lexicon definition

corruption

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Φθορά

G5356
Transliteration
phthorá
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

corruption, destroy, perish

Lexicon definition

corruption, decay, ruin; corruptibility, mortality, Ro. 8.21. 1 Co. 15.42; meton. corruptible, perishable substance, 1 Co. 15.50; killing, slaughter, 2 Pe. 2.12; spiritual ruin, Ga. 6.8. Col. 2.22; met. moral corruption, depravity, 2 Pe. 1.4; 2.12, 19.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בְּלִי

H1097
Transliteration
bᵉlîy
Pronunciation
bel-ee'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
58

Glosses

corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.

Lexicon definition

properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction

usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַשְׁחִית

H4889
Transliteration
mashchîyth
Pronunciation
mash-kheeth'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
20

Glosses

corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, [idiom] utterly.

Lexicon definition

destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מִשְׁחָת

H4893
Transliteration
mishchâth
Pronunciation
mish-khawth'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

corruption, marred.

Lexicon definition

disfigurement

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שַׁחַת

H7845
Transliteration
shachath
Pronunciation
shakh'-ath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
23

Glosses

corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

Lexicon definition

a pit (especially as a trap)

figuratively, destruction

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֶבֶל

H2256
Transliteration
chebel
Pronunciation
kheh'-bel
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
62

Glosses

band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Lexicon definition

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line

by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured)

or a noose (as of cords)

figuratively, a company (as if tied together)

also a throe (especially of parturition)

also ruin

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Corruption

Indexed occurrences: 6

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All Scripture references17 references

Topical Bible

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Ancient Context1 items
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CORRUPTION

Nave’s Topical Bible references for CORRUPTION.

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Cockatrice

The mediaeval name (a corruption of "crocodile") of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock's egg. It is generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or "horned viper," a very poisonous serpent about a foot long. Others think it to be the yellow viper (Daboia xanthina), one of the most dangerous vipers, from its size and its nocturnal habits (Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17; in all which the Revised Version renders the Hebrew tziph'oni by "basilisk"). In Prov. 23:32 the Hebrew tzeph'a is rendered both in the Authorized Version and the Revised Version by "adder;" margin of Revised Version "basilisk," and of Authorized Version "cockatrice."

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Deluge

The name given to Noah's flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year. The cause of this judgment was the corruption and violence that filled the earth in the ninth generation from Adam. God in righteous indignation determined to purge the earth of the ungodly race. Amid a world of crime and guilt there was one household that continued faithful and true to God, the household of Noah. "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations." At the command of God, Noah made an ark 300 cubits long, 50 broad, and 30 high. He slowly proceeded with this work during a period of one hundred and twenty years (Gen. 6:3). At length the purpose of God began to be carried into effect. The following table exhibits the order of events as they occurred: In the six hundredth year of his life Noah is commanded by God to enter the ark, taking with him his wife, and his three sons with their wives (Gen. 7:1-10). The rain begins on the seventeenth day of the second month (Gen. 7:11-17). The rain ceases, the waters prevail, fifteen cubits upward (Gen. 7:18-24). The ark grounds on one of the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month, or one hundred and fifty days after the Deluge began (Gen. 8:1-4). Tops of the mountains visible on the first day of the tenth month (Gen. 8:5). Raven and dove sent out forty days after this (Gen. 8:6-9). Dove again sent out seven days afterwards; and in the evening she returns with an olive leaf in her mouth (Gen. 8:10, 11). Dove sent out the third time after an interval of other seven days, and returns no more (Gen. 8:12). The ground becomes dry on the first day of the first month of the new year (Gen. 8:13). Noah leaves the ark on the twenty-seventh day of the second month (Gen. 8:14-19). The historical truth of the narrative of the Flood is established by the references made to it by our Lord (Matt. 24:37; comp. Luke 17:26). Peter speaks of it also (1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5). In Isa. 54:9 the Flood is referred to as "the waters of Noah." The Biblical narrative clearly shows that so far as the human race was concerned the Deluge was universal; that it swept away all men living except Noah and his family, who were preserved in the ark; and that the present human race is descended from those who were thus preserved. Traditions of the Deluge are found among all the great divisions of the human family; and these traditions, taken as a whole, wonderfully agree with the Biblical narrative, and agree with it in such a way as to lead to the conclusion that the Biblical is the authentic narrative, of which all these traditions are more or less corrupted versions. The most remarkable of these traditions is that recorded on tablets prepared by order of Assur-bani-pal, the king of Assyria. These were, however, copies of older records which belonged to somewhere about B.C. 2000, and which formed part of the priestly library at Erech (q.v.), "the ineradicable remembrance of a real and terrible event." (See [154]NOAH; [155]CHALDEA.)

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Idolatry

Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of idolatry are, (1.) Fetishism, or the worship of trees, rivers, hills, stones, etc. (2.) Nature worship, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, as the supposed powers of nature. (3.) Hero worship, the worship of deceased ancestors, or of heroes. In Scripture, idolatry is regarded as of heathen origin, and as being imported among the Hebrews through contact with heathen nations. The first allusion to idolatry is in the account of Rachel stealing her father's teraphim (Gen. 31:19), which were the relics of the worship of other gods by Laban's progenitors "on the other side of the river in old time" (Josh. 24:2). During their long residence in Egypt the Hebrews fell into idolatry, and it was long before they were delivered from it (Josh. 24:14; Ezek. 20:7). Many a token of God's displeasure fell upon them because of this sin. The idolatry learned in Egypt was probably rooted out from among the people during the forty years' wanderings; but when the Jews entered Palestine, they came into contact with the monuments and associations of the idolatry of the old Canaanitish races, and showed a constant tendency to depart from the living God and follow the idolatrous practices of those heathen nations. It was their great national sin, which was only effectually rebuked by the Babylonian exile. That exile finally purified the Jews of all idolatrous tendencies. The first and second commandments are directed against idolatry of every form. Individuals and communities were equally amenable to the rigorous code. The individual offender was devoted to destruction (Ex. 22:20). His nearest relatives were not only bound to denounce him and deliver him up to punishment (Deut. 13:20-10), but their hands were to strike the first blow when, on the evidence of two witnesses at least, he was stoned (Deut. 17:2-7). To attempt to seduce others to false worship was a crime of equal enormity (13:6-10). An idolatrous nation shared the same fate. No facts are more strongly declared in the Old Testament than that the extermination of the Canaanites was the punishment of their idolatry (Ex. 34:15, 16; Deut. 7; 12:29-31; 20:17), and that the calamities of the Israelites were due to the same cause (Jer. 2:17). "A city guilty of idolatry was looked upon as a cancer in the state; it was considered to be in rebellion, and treated according to the laws of war. Its inhabitants and all their cattle were put to death." Yahweh was the theocratic King of Israel, the civil Head of the commonwealth, and therefore to an Israelite idolatry was a state offence (1 Sam. 15:23), high treason. On taking possession of the land, the Jews were commanded to destroy all traces of every kind of the existing idolatry of the Canaanites (Ex. 23:24, 32; 34:13; Deut. 7:5, 25; 12:1-3). In the New Testament the term idolatry is used to designate covetousness (Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:13; Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5).

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Mount of corruption

(2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so called because idol temples were there erected in the time of Solomon, temples to the Zidonian Ashtoreth and to the "abominations" of Moab and Ammon.

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Rereward

(Josh. 6:9), the troops in the rear of an army on the march, the rear-guard. This word is a corruption of the French arriere-garde. During the wilderness march the tribe of Dan formed the rear-guard (Num. 10:25; comp. 1 Sam. 29:2; Isa. 52:12; 58:8).

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