φθορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< φθείρω) [in LXX for שַׁחַת, חֶבֶל, etc.;]
destruction, corruption, decay (v. Mayor on II Pe, App.,175 ff.): Ro 8:21, I Co 15:42, Col 2:22, II Pe 2:12; opp. to ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Ga 6:8; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, I Co 15:50; of moral decay, II Pe 1:42:12, 19 (cf. Wi 14:12).†