Words the Bible translates as corruption
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diaphthoraδιαφθοράdecay: the breaking down of a dead body in the grave
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- phthoraφθοράdecay: the breaking down and wearing out that makes physical things spoil, wither, and die
+2 more meanings
- ruin: being destroyed and finished off
- moral rot: the spoiling of a person from the inside that spreads through runaway desire and takes them captive
- mashḥitמַשְׁחִיתdeliberate wrecking: the ruin one party brings down on another, and the destroying power that brings it
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Every English meaning beginning with C is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.