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athanasía

immortality

Say it: ath-an-as-EE-ah (approximate)

ἀθανασία

What it means

Deathlessness (a- "not" plus thanatos "death"). In 15:53-54 Paul says "this mortal must put on immortality." In the New Testament, immortality is something God gives, not something people have by nature (see 1 Timothy 6:16).

Range of meaning

  • ImmortalityNot subject to death.
  • Deathless lifeLife without end.

In 1 Corinthians

  • Chapter 15

    "This mortal must put on immortality" (15:53-54).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G0110 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources