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Corrupt [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state, as by natural decomposition.

2. Spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound; as corrupt air, or bread.

3. Depraved; vitiated; tainted with wickedness.

4. They are corrupt; they have done abominable works. Psalms 14:1 .

5. The earth was corrupt before God. Genesis 6:11 .

6. Debased; rendered impure; changed to a worse state; as corrupt language.

7. Not genuine; infected with errors or mistakes. The text is corrupt

Corrupt [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To become putrid; to putrefy; to rot. Animal and vegetable substances speedily corrupt in a warm and moist air.

2. To become vitiated; to lose purity.

Corrupt [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, to break, separate or dissolve. Hence,

2. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to separate the component parts of a body, as by a natural process, which accompanied by a fetid smell.

3. To vitiate or deprave; to change from good to bad.

4. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33 .

5. To waste, spoil or consume.

6. Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt Matthew 6:19 .

7. To defile or pollute. Exodus 32:7 .

8. To entice from good and allure to evil. 2 Corinthians 11:3 .

9. To pervert; to break, disobey or make void. Malachi 2:3 .

10. To pervert or vitiate integrity; to bribe; as, to corrupt a judge.

11. To debase or render impure, by alterations or innovations; as, to corrupt language.

12. To pervert; to falsify; to infect with errors; as, to corrupt the sacred text.

Corrupt [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.

3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

Corrupt [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.

2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Corrupt [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.

3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.

4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.

5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Corrupted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Putrefied; vitiated; depraved; spoiled; marred; bribed; infected with errors.

Corrupted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Corrupter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who corrupts; one who vitiates, or taints; as a corrupter of morals, or of Christianity.

2. One who bribes; that which depraves or destroys integrity.

3. One who introduces errors.

Corrupter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.

Corruptful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.

Corruptibility [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The possibility of being corrupted.

Corruptibility [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness.

Corruptible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That may be corrupted; that may become putrid; subject to decay and destruction. Our bodies are corruptible

2. That may be vitiated in qualities or principles; susceptible of depravation. Manners are corruptible by evil example.

Corruptible [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which may decay and perish; the human body.

2. This corruptible must put on incorruption. 1 Corinthians 15:53 .

Corruptible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.

Corruptible [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That which may decay and perish; the human body.

Corruptibleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Susceptibility of corruption; corruptibility.

Corruptibly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated.

Corrupting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Putrefying; depraving; vitiating.

Corrupting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Corruptingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a manner that corrupts.

Corruption [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of corrupting, or state of being corrupt or putrid; the destruction of the natural form of bodies, by the separation of the component parts, or by disorganization, in the process of putrefaction.

2. Thou wilt not suffer thy holy One to see corruption Psalms 16:10 .

3. Putrid matter; pus.

4. Putrescence; a foul state occasioned by putrefaction.

5. Depravity; wickedness; perversion or deterioration of moral principles; loss of purity or integrity.

6. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4 .

7. CORRUPTION in elections is the great enemy of freedom.

8. Debasement; taint; or tendency to a worse state.

9. Keep my honor from corruption

10. Impurity; depravation; debasement; as a corruption of language.

11. Bribery. He obtained his suit by corruption

12. In law, taint; impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled to inherit lands from an ancestor, nor can retain those in his possession, nor transmit them by descent to his heirs.

13. CORRUPTION of blood can be removed only by act of parliament.

Corruption [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.

3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.

Corruptionist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.

Corruptive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having the quality of corrupting, tainting or vitiating.

2. It should be endued with some corruptive quality.

Corruptive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

Corruptless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not susceptible of corruption, or decay.

Corruptless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible.

Corruptly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In a corrupt manner; with corruption; viciously; wickedly; without integrity.

2. We have dealt very corruptly against thee. Nehemiah 1:7 .

3. By bribery. A judgment was obtained corruptly

Corruptly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.

Corruptness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being corrupt; putrid state or putrescence.

2. A state of moral impurity; as the corruptness of a judge.

3. A vicious state; debasement; impurity; as the corruptness of language.

Corruptness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being corrupt.

Corruptress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A female that corrupts others.

Corruptress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A woman who corrupts.

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Genesis 6:11

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

Genesis 6:12

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

Exodus 8:24

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

Exodus 32:7

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

Leviticus 22:25

Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

Deuteronomy 4:16

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

Deuteronomy 4:25

When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

Deuteronomy 9:12

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

2 Kings 23:13

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

2 Chronicles 27:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Nehemiah 1:7

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

Job 15:16

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

Job 17:1

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

Job 17:14

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Psalms 14:1

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

Psalms 14:3

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Psalms 16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.