- διαφθείρω
- διαφθείρω fut. διαφθερῶ; 1 aor. διέφθειρα LXX. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. διαφθαρήσεται Da Theod.; 2 aor. διεφθάρην; pf. 3 sg. διέφθαρται Zeph 3:7, ptc. διεφθαρμένος (s. φθείρω; Hom.+)① to cause the destruction of someth., spoil, destroy of rust eating into iron Dg 2:2; of moths (Philo, Abr. 11), that eat clothes Lk 12:33.—IMg 10:2 (imagery of food spoilage); destroy persons and nations (Aristot., Pol. 1323a, 31; Diod S 5, 54, 3; 12, 68, 2; Plut., Demosth. 859 [28, 4]; LXX; Jos., Ant. 2, 26; 11, 211) Rv 11:18a (in wordplay, s. 11:18b in 2 below; cp. Jer 28:25); Hv 4, 2, 3; Hs 9, 1, 9; 9, 26, 1; 7. Pass. be destroyed of a person’s physical being 2 Cor 4:16 (cp. Ps.-Pla., Alcib. 1, 135a διαφθαρῆναι τ. σῶμα; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 13, 2; Philo, Decal. 124). οὐδὲν αὐτοῦ διεφθάρη no part of him was impaired AcPlCor 2:30—Hv 2, 3, 3. Of ships (Diod S 11, 19, 3; 13, 13, 4; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 1111–12b διαφθαρείσης τῆς νεώς) Rv 8:9; a kingdom IEph 19:3. Of the bodies of starving persons waste away (Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 66 §274 λιμῷ διαφθαρῆναι; POxy 938, 4; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 124) Hv 3, 9, 3.② to cause to become morally corrupt, deprave, ruin (Diod S 16, 54, 4 τὰ ἤθη τ. ἀνθρώπων; Dio Chrys. 26 [43], 10 τοὺς νέους; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 264; Just.): the earth (i.e. its people) Rv 11:18b (s. on 11:18a in 1 above); 19:2 v.l.; δ. τὴν εἰς θεὸν γνώμην IRo 7:1. διεφθαρμένοι ἄνθρωποι τὸν νοῦν 1 Ti 6:5. Of the mind pass. be corrupted Hs 4:7 (cp. Pla., Leg. 10, 888a and Jos., Ant. 9, 222 δ. τὴν διάνοιαν; Aeschyl., Ag. 932 and Dionys. Hal. 5, 21 τ. γνώμην; Dio Chrys. 60 + 61 [77 + 78], 45 ψυχὴ διεφθαρμένη).—B. 762. DELG s.v. φθείρω. M-M. TW.
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