ἀφθαρ-σία G0861
incorruption, immortality; integrity, purity (moral)
1. incorruption, immortality — The quality of being imperishable or immortal — freedom from decay and death, used of the resurrection body (1 Cor 15:42,50,53-54) and of seeking eternal life (Rom 2:7, 2 Tim 1:10). S63739 (incorruption/imperishability) and S63740 (immortality) belong on the same continuum: the body that does not decay is the body that does not die. Spanish uses 'incorrupción' for both; Arabic 'عَدَمِ فَسادٍ' (lack of corruption) and 'عَدَمَ فَناءٍ' (lack of perishing) are synonymous constructions; Korean '썩지 않음' (not rotting) and '불멸' (immortality) share the same semantic field; Swahili uses 'kutokuharibika' (not being ruined) for both; Hindi 'अविनाशिता' and 'अमरता' (imperishability/immortality) overlap significantly. 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"]
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2. integrity, purity (moral) — Moral soundness, integrity, or purity of character — an ethical sense distinct from the physical incorruption/immortality meaning, used in Titus 2:7 regarding teaching with integrity. Spanish 'integridad' (integrity) contrasts sharply with 'incorrupción'; Arabic 'نَقاوَةً' (naqāwa = purity/cleanness) is entirely different from 'عَدَمِ فَسادٍ'; Korean '순수함' (sunsuham = purity/innocence) differs from '썩지 않음' and '불멸'; Swahili 'usafi' (cleanliness/purity) contrasts with 'kutokuharibika'; Hindi 'शुदधतअ' (śuddhatā = purity) differs from 'अविनाशिता'. Every language uses a distinctly different word for this moral-quality 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"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀφθαρ-σία, ἡ, incorruption, immortality, NT+4th c.BC+ __II integrity, sincerity, NT