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) Textus Receptus Greek Text fqeirwphtheiro efqeiramen efqeiren fqarh fqeirei fqeiromenon fqeirontai fqeirousin fqerei |