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It is a concept that appears throughout Scripture, symbolizing the transient nature of the material world and the consequences of sin. Physical Decay The Bible frequently acknowledges the reality of physical decay as part of the human condition. In <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, following the fall of man, God declares, "By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground, because out of it were you taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return." This passage highlights the inevitability of physical decay and death as a result of sin entering the world. The Psalms also reflect on the fleeting nature of human life. <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a> states, "As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more." Here, the imagery of grass and flowers emphasizes the temporary and fragile nature of human existence. Spiritual Decay Beyond the physical, decay is also used metaphorically to describe spiritual decline. In <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a>, the Apostle Paul writes, "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools." This passage illustrates how turning away from God leads to a deterioration of moral and spiritual understanding. The prophets often warned Israel about spiritual decay due to idolatry and disobedience. In <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>, God laments, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you as My priests." The decay here is not physical but a spiritual decline resulting from a rejection of God's truth. Hope Amidst Decay Despite the pervasive theme of decay, the Bible offers hope through the promise of renewal and restoration. In <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16</a>, Paul encourages believers, saying, "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day." This verse reassures Christians that while physical decay is inevitable, spiritual renewal is possible through faith in Christ. The ultimate hope against decay is found in the resurrection. In <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a>, Paul explains, "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power." The resurrection promises a future where decay is no more, and believers are given imperishable bodies. Conclusion Decay serves as a reminder of the fallen state of the world and the need for redemption. While it underscores the consequences of sin, it also points to the hope of renewal and eternal life through Jesus Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.2. (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.3. (v. t.) To destroy.4. (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.5. (n.) Destruction; death.6. (n.) Cause of decay.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>DECAYde-ka': Although this word is still in good use in both its literal sense, of the putrefaction of either animal or vegetable matter, and its derived sense, denoting any deterioration, decline or gradual failure, the Revised Version (British and American) has replaced it by other expressions in <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:18</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Isaiah 44:26</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Hebrews 8:13</a>; in some of these cases with a gain in accuracy of translation. In <a href="/nehemiah/4-10.htm">Nehemiah 4:10</a> (kashal, "to be feeble," "stumble") the Revised Version (British and American) retains "is decayed"; in <a href="/job/14-11.htm">Job 14:11</a> (charebh, "to be dried up") the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "wasteth," and in <a href="/john/11-39.htm">John 11:39</a> the American Standard Revised Version has "the body decayeth" instead of the more literal translation offensive to modern ears (ozei, "emits a smell"). F. K. Farr<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1312.htm">1312. diaphthora -- destruction, corruption</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diaphthora Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thor-ah') Short Definition: destruction, decay, corruption Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1312.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5356.htm">5356. phthora -- destruction, corruption</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: phthora Phonetic Spelling: (fthor-ah') Short Definition: corruption, destruction, decay Definition: corruption ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5356.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3822.htm">3822. palaioo -- to make or declare old</a> ... decay, make obsolete. From palaios; to make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete -- decay, make (wax) old. see GREEK palaios. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3822.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1311.htm">1311. diaphtheiro -- to destroy utterly, to spoil, corrupt</a> ... Unger, White (, 130), "1311 () comes from , 'through,' 'intensive,' to corrupt utterly, through and through." The noun form, 1312 (), likewise means " decay."]. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1311.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/861.htm">861. aphtharsia -- incorruptibility</a> ... Cognate: 861 -- properly, no-corruption (unable to experience deterioration); (not perishable), ie lacking the to decay or break down. See 862a (). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/861.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/599.htm">599. apothnesko -- to die</a> ... apothnesko Phonetic Spelling: (ap-oth-nace'-ko) Short Definition: I am dying, am about to die Definition: I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/599.htm - 9k<a href="/greek/5355.htm">5355. phthonos -- envy</a> ... 5355 (a primitive word, perhaps akin to 5351 , "decay, break-down, corrupt") -- properly, strong feeling (desire) that , due to the influence of sin ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5355.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7538.htm">7538. raqab -- rottenness, decay</a> ... rottenness, decay. Transliteration: raqab Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kawb') Short Definition: rottenness. ... From raqab; decay (by caries) -- rottenness (thing). ... /hebrew/7538.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7539.htm">7539. riqqabon -- rottenness, decay</a> ... rottenness, decay. Transliteration: riqqabon Phonetic Spelling: (rik-kaw-bone') Short Definition: rotten. ... rotten. From raqab; decay (by caries) -- rotten. ... /hebrew/7539.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm">4743. maqaq -- to decay, rot, fester, pine away</a> ... 4742, 4743. maqaq. 4744 . to decay, rot, fester, pine away. Transliteration: maqaq Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak') Short Definition: rot. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/4743.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4716.htm">4716. maq -- decay, rottenness</a> ... 4715, 4716. maq. 4717 . decay, rottenness. Transliteration: maq Phonetic Spelling: (mak) Short Definition: putrefaction. Word Origin ... /hebrew/4716.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2717.htm">2717. charab -- to be dry or dried up</a> ... 2716, 2717. charab. 2717a . to be dry or dried up. Transliteration: charab Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rab') Short Definition: decay. ... /hebrew/2717.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/3589.htm">3589. kid -- probably misfortune</a> ... 3588, 3589. kid. 3590 . probably misfortune. Transliteration: kid Phonetic Spelling: (keed) Short Definition: decay. Word Origin ... /hebrew/3589.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/4355.htm">4355. makak -- to be low or humiliated</a> ... be brought low, decay. A primitive root; to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish -- be brought low, decay. 4354, 4355. makak. 4356 . Strong's Numbers /hebrew/4355.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4131.htm">4131. mot -- to totter, shake, slip</a> ... be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, exceedingly, falling down. A primitive root; to waver; by implication, to ... /hebrew/4131.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm">1086. balah -- to become old, wear out</a> ... A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend) -- consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste. ... /hebrew/1086.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm">7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin</a> ... A primitive root; to decay, ie (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish ... /hebrew/7843.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_swift_decay_of_love.htm">The Swift Decay of Love</a> ... THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE SWIFT DECAY OF LOVE. 'And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the swift decay of love.htm<a href="/library/doddridge/the_rise_and_progress_of_religion_in_the_soul/chapter_xxii_the_case_of.htm">The Case of Spiritual Decay and Languor in Religion</a> ... THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL. CHAPTER XXII. THE CASE OF SPIRITUAL DECAY AND LANGUOR IN RELIGION. 1. Declension in ... /.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxii the case of.htm<a href="/library/roberston/sketches_of_church_history_from_ad_33_to_the_reformation/chapter_v_decay_of_charles.htm">Decay of Charles the Great's Empire (Ad 814-887)</a> ... PART II CHAPTER V: DECAY OF CHARLES THE GREAT'S EMPIRE (AD 814-887). Lewis, the son of Charles the Great, was a prince who had very ... /.../chapter v decay of charles.htm<a href="/library/bacon/a_history_of_american_christianity/chapter_ii_spanish_conquest-the_propagation.htm">Spanish Conquest-The Propagation, Decay, and Downfall of Spanish ...</a> ... A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY. CHAPTER II. SPANISH CONQUEST-THE PROPAGATION, DECAY, AND DOWNFALL OF SPANISH CHRISTIANITY. IT ... /.../chapter ii spanish conquest-the propagation.htm<a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_ccxxiii_the_body_dies.htm">The Body Dies; the Soul Suffers no Decay.</a> ... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCXXIII. The Body dies; the Soul suffers no Decay. 8.8.8.8 James Montgomery. The Body dies; the Soul suffers no Decay. ... /.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxxiii the body dies.htm<a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_v_that_the_sole.htm">That the Sole Cause of the Decay and Cooling of Charity is in the ...</a> ... BOOK IV. OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY. CHAPTER V. THAT THE SOLE CAUSE OF THE DECAY AND COOLING OF CHARITY IS IN THE CREATURE'S WILL. ... /.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter v that the sole.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_secret_of_immortal_youth.htm">The Secret of Immortal Youth</a> ... So, then, my object is simply to deal with these two forecasts which my text presents; the one a dreary certainty of weariness and decay, the other a blessed ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the secret of immortal youth.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/the_grave_in_a_garden.htm">The Grave in a Garden</a> ... I. A symbol of death and decay as interwoven with all nature and every joy. We think of Eden and the first coming of death. The ... /.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the grave in a garden.htm<a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/wesleys_reasons_for_his_long.htm">Wesley's Reasons for his Long Life</a> ... I find likewise some decay in my memory, with regard to names and things lately past; but not at all with regard to what I have read or heard twenty, forty, or ... /.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesleys reasons for his long.htm<a href="/library/prudentius/the_hymns_of_prudentius/x_hymn_for_the_burial.htm">Hymn for the Burial of the Dead</a> ... Then shall the body, that hath lain And turned to dust in slow decay, On airy wings be borne away And join its ancient soul again. ... /.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/x hymn for the burial.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/decay.htm">Decay (18 Occurrences)</a> ... or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay... /d/decay.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/r/rot.htm">Rot (15 Occurrences)</a> ... chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay... /r/rot.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/u/undergo.htm">Undergo (91 Occurrences)</a> ... you? (BBE). Acts 2:27 For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay. (WEY NAS). ... /u/undergo.htm - 34k<a href="/topical/d/decayed.htm">Decayed (7 Occurrences)</a> ... & pp) of Decay. ... Acts 13:36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. ... /d/decayed.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/l/leaf.htm">Leaf (20 Occurrences)</a> ... There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Leviticus 26:36; Isaiah 34:4; Jeremiah 8:13; Dan. ... /l/leaf.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/r/ruin.htm">Ruin (135 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed ... /r/ruin.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/u/unseen.htm">Unseen (18 Occurrences)</a> ... them. (YLT). Acts 2:27 For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay. (WEY). ... /u/unseen.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/u/underwent.htm">Underwent (22 Occurrences)</a> ... (WEY). Acts 13:36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. (See NAS). ... /u/underwent.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/w/waste.htm">Waste (668 Occurrences)</a> ... injury. 7. (v.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. 8 ... /w/waste.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/f/fail.htm">Fail (130 Occurrences)</a> ... unprovided; -- used with of. 3. (vi) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. 4. (vi) To deteriorate in ... /f/fail.htm - 43k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/radiometric-dating.html">How does radiometric dating fit with the view of a young earth? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-corruption.html">What does the Bible say about corruption? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/young-earth-evidence.html">Is there any evidence for the Bible's view of a young earth? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/decay.htm">Decay: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Decay (18 Occurrences)<a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Acts 2:27</a> because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Acts 2:31</a> he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/13-34.htm">Acts 13:34</a> And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.' (WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Acts 13:35</a> Therefore he says also in another psalm,'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.' (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/13-36.htm">Acts 13:36</a> For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/13-37.htm">Acts 13:37</a> But he whom God raised up saw no decay. (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a> that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. (WEB WEY RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42</a> It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay; (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and *we* shall be changed. (WEY)<a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16</a> Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. (Root in WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35</a> And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/job/21-20.htm">Job 21:20</a> Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalms 16:10</a> For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/psalms/49-9.htm">Psalms 49:9</a> That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/psalms/49-14.htm">Psalms 49:14</a> They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. (WEB NIV)<a href="/proverbs/12-4.htm">Proverbs 12:4</a> A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a> For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel. (See NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Habakkuk 3:16</a> I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. 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