φθείρω
phtheirō
- to destroy
- to destroy, corrupt, spoil
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to destroy
φθείρω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi. pi. also for חָבַל, etc. ;]
to destroy, corrupt, spoil (on the varied usage and distinctive meaning of the word, see Mayor on 2Pe, App. 175 ff.): with accusative, 1Co.3:17 15:23, 2Co.7:2; before ἀπό, 2Co.11:3; ἐν, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10, Rev.19:2; κατά, Eph.4:22 (cf. δια-, κατα-φθείρω).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to destroy, corrupt, spoil
to destroy, corrupt, spoil