from 5351; decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable:
KJV-- corruptible.
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5351 phtheiro (fthi'-ro);
probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave):
KJV-- corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
CORRUPTIONDecay of the body (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
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