spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin

(on the varied usage and distinctive meaning of the word, v. Mayor on II Pe, , 175 ff.): c. acc., , ; seq. , ; , , , ; , (cf. , ).† to destroy, corrupt, spoil App. I Co 3:17 15:23 II Co 7:2 II Co 11:3 II Pe 2:12 Ju 10 Re 19:2 Eph 4:22 ἀπό ἐν κατά δια- κατα-φθείρω

heeft, schenden, schendt, verderven, verdorven

I corrupt, spoil, destroy, ruin.

to destroy

properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)

corrupt (self), defile, destroy

φθείρω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi., pi., also for חָבַל, etc. ;] to destroy, corrupt, spoil (on the varied usage and distinctive meaning of the word, see Mayor on 2Pe, App., 175 ff.): with accusative, 1Co.3:17 15:23, 2Co.7:2; before ἀπό, 2Co.11:3; ἐν, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10, Rev.19:2; κατά, Eph.4:22 (cf. δια-, κατα-φθείρω).† (AS)