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.
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"]
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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"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀφθαρ-σία, ἡ, incorruption, immortality, NT+4th c.BC+ __II integrity, sincerity, NT