{"def":{"short":"properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e., to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)","long":["to corrupt, to destroy",["in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or \"destroyed\" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties","to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide","to be destroyed, to perish","in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave"]]},"deriv":"probably strengthened from φθίω (to pine or waste)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈfθi.ro","ipa_mod":"ˈfθi.row","sbl":"phtheirō","dic":"FTHEE-roh","dic_mod":"FTHEE-roh"}}