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3.
(
&$
, 1311),
, “through,” intensive, and No. 2, “to corrupt
utterly, through and through,” is said of men “corrupted in mind,” whose wranglings
result from the doctrines of false teachers, 1 Tim. 6:5 (the
KJV
wrongly renders it as an
adjective, “corrupt”). It is translated “destroyeth” instead of “corrupteth,” in the
RV
of
Luke 12:33, of the work of a moth, in Rev. 8:9, of the effect of divine judgments
hereafter upon navigation; in 11:18, of the divine retribution of destruction upon those
who have destroyed the earth; in 2 Cor. 4:16 it is translated “is decaying,” said of the
human body. See
DESTROY
,
PERISH
.¶
4.
(
&$
, 2704),
, “down,” intensive, and No. 2, is said of
men who are reprobate concerning the faith, “corrupted in mind” (
KJV
, “corrupt”), 2 Tim.
3:8. For 2 Pet. 2:12,
RV
, “shall be destroyed,” see No. 2.¶
5.
(
)
, 4595) signifies “to make corrupt, to destroy”; in the passive voice with
middle sense, “to become corrupt or rotten, to perish,” said of riches, Jas. 5:2, of the gold
and silver of the luxurious rich who have ground down their laborers. The verb is derived
from a root signifying “to rot off, drop to pieces.”¶
6.
(
&
, 853): see
CONSUME
, No. 3.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$1
, 5356), connected with
, No. 2, above, signifies “a
bringing or being brought into an inferior or worse condition, a destruction or
corruption.” It is used (a) physically, (1) of the condition of creation, as under bondage,
Rom. 8:21; (2) of the effect of the withdrawal of life, and so of the condition of the
human body in burial, 1 Cor. 15:42; (3) by metonymy, of anything which is liable to
“corruption,” 1 Cor. 15:50; (4) of the physical effects of merely gratifying the natural
desires and ministering to one’s own needs or lusts, Gal. 6:8, to the flesh in contrast to the
Spirit, “corruption” being antithetic to “eternal life”; (5) of that which is naturally short-
lived and transient, Col. 2:22, “perish”; (b) of the death and decay of beasts, 2 Pet. 2:12,
RV
, “destroyed” (first part of verse; lit., “unto … destruction”); (c) ethically, with a moral
significance, (1) of the effect of lusts, 2 Pet. 1:4; (2) of the effect upon themselves of the
work of false and immoral teachers, 2 Pet. 2:12,
RV
, “destroying”;
KJV
, “corruption,” and
verse 19. See
DESTROY
,
PERISH
.¶
Note:
There is nothing in any of these words suggesting or involving annihilation.
2.
(
$1
, 1312), an intensified form of No. 1, “utter or thorough
corruption,” referring in the NT to physical decomposition and decay, is used six times,
five of which refer, negatively, to the body of God’s “Holy One,” after His death, which
body, by reason of His absolute holiness, could not see “corruption,” Acts 2:27, 31;
13:34-35, 37; once it is used of a human body, that of David, which, by contrast, saw
“corruption,” Acts 13:36.¶
3.
(
$ &
, 861), “incorruption,” , negative, with A, No. 2, is used (a)
of the resurrection body, 1 Cor. 15:42, 50, 53-54; (b) of a condition associated with glory
and honor and life, including perhaps a moral significance, Rom. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:10; this is
wrongly translated “immortality” in the
KJV
; (c) of love to Christ, that which is sincere
and undiminishing, Eph. 6:24 (translated “uncorruptness”). See
IMMORTALITY
,
SINCERITY
.¶