Acts 13:34:11Acts.13.34.W11TAB
διαφθοράν
diaphthoran
“corruption”
- Transliteration
- di-a-phtho-RAN
- Extended
- dee-ah-pʰtʰoh-RAHN
- IPA
- /di.a.pʰtʰoˈran/
Meaning by language
- English
- corruption
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-phtho-RAN
- sentence
HO-ti de a-NE-stê-sen au-TON ek ne-KRÔN mê-KE-ti MEL-lon-ta hy-po-STRE-phein eis di-a-phtho-RAN HOU-tôs EI-rê-ken HO-ti DÔ-sô hy-MIN ta HO-si-a da-UID ta pi-STA
Exegesis
The participial phrase mēketi mellonta hupostrephein eis diaphtoran {μηκέτι μέλλοντα ὑποστρέφειν εἰς διαφθοράν | mē-ke-ti mél-lon-ta hy-po-stré-phein eis di-aph-tho-rán} is accusative, agreeing with auton and functioning as a supplementary description: the one raised is “no longer about to return to corruption,” expressing a permanent, unrepeatable resurrection.
Root and etymology
diaphtheirōdelta–iota–alpha–phi–theta–epsilon–iota–rho–omicron
“to corrupt, destroy, ruin”
In context — Acts 13:34
But that He raised Him from the dead, no longer destined to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: “I will give to you the holy things of David, the sure ones.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 13:34, so the Greek word διαφθοράν (diaphthoran) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.13.34.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.34.W11.S1) and character.