ἀφθαρ-σία G0861
Incorruption, immortality; also moral integrity or purity — freedom from decay in body or character.
A noun describing the quality of being imperishable, untouched by decay or death. Paul uses it powerfully in 1 Corinthians 15 to depict the resurrection body that replaces what is perishable, and in Romans 2:7 for the eternal life sought by those who persist in doing good. In 2 Timothy 1:10 Christ himself is said to have brought immortality to light through the gospel. A secondary ethical sense surfaces in Titus 2:7, where it denotes integrity or soundness in teaching — a moral incorruptibility that mirrors the physical.
Senses
1. incorruption, immortality — The quality of being imperishable or immortal — freedom from physical decay and death. Paul contrasts the perishable body sown in burial with the imperishable body raised in glory (1 Cor 15:42, 50, 53-54). In Romans 2:7 it names what the righteous pursue, and in 2 Timothy 1:10 it is what the appearing of Christ has illuminated. German 'Unvergänglichkeit' and Spanish 'incorrupción' both capture this concrete, ontological sense of deathlessness. 7×
AR["عَدَمَ-الفَسادِ", "عَدَمَ-الفَناءِ", "عَدَمَ-فَسادٍ", "عَدَمَ-فَناءٍ", "عَدَمِ-فَسادٍ"]·ben["অক্ষয়,", "অক্ষয়;", "অক্ষয়কে", "অক্ষয়তা", "অক্ষয়তা,", "অক্ষয়তা-য়।", "অক্ষয়ে।"]·DE["Unvergaenglichkeit"]·EN["immortality", "imperishability", "incorruption"]·FR["incorruptibilité"]·heb["אִי-כִלָיוֹן", "אִי-כִלָיוֹן.", "אִי־כִּלָּיוֹן", "הָ-אִי־כִּלָּיוֹן"]·HI["अमर-भअव,", "अमरता", "अविनअशेएत", "अविनाशिता", "अविनाशी-का", "अविनाशी-में"]·ID["keabadian.", "kebakaan", "ketidak-binasaan", "ketidak-binasaan,", "ketidak-binasaan.", "ketidak-binasaan;"]·IT["aphtharsia", "aphtharsian", "incorruttibilita"]·jav["-boten-rusak", "kalanggengan", "langgeng.", "tanpa-rusak,"]·KO["불멸", "불멸을,", "썩지-않음", "썩지-않음을", "썬지-않음"]·PT["incorruptibilidade", "incorruptibilidade,", "incorruptibilidade;", "incorrupção", "incorrupção."]·RU["в-нетление", "нетление", "нетлении", "нетлении."]·ES["incorrupción"]·SW["kutokuharibika"]·TR["o-", "oeluemsueluk", "olmeyen-lik'te", "çürümezlik", "çürümezliği-", "ölümsüzlüğü"]·urd["امر", "بقا", "بقا-کی", "غیر-فانی", "غیر-فانی-میں", "غیر-فانی-کو"]
2. integrity, purity (moral) — Moral soundness, integrity, or purity of character — an ethical extension of the root idea of incorruption. Used once in Titus 2:7 to describe the quality that should mark sound teaching. Spanish renders it 'integridad' here rather than 'incorrupción,' signaling that translators across languages perceive a distinct ethical nuance separate from the physical immortality sense. 1×
AR["نَقاوَةً"]·ben["বিশুদ্ধতা"]·DE["Unvergaenglichkeit"]·EN["integrity"]·FR["incorruptibilité"]·heb["טֹהַר,"]·HI["शुदधतअ,"]·ID["kemurnian,"]·IT["aphthorian"]·jav["murni,"]·KO["순수함을"]·PT["integridade,"]·RU["неискажённость"]·ES["integridad"]·SW["usafi"]·TR["bozulmamışlık,"]·urd["خلوص"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀφθαρ-σία, ἡ, incorruption, immortality, NT+4th c.BC+ __II integrity, sincerity, NT