διαφθοράdiaphthorá

Meanings

Same root

• διαφθείρωdiaphtheírō · G1311to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Acts 2:27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
• Acts 2:31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.
• Acts 13:34 For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’
• Acts 13:35 Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’
• Acts 13:36 This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.
• Acts 13:37 No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.