# corrupt

## Synonyms and Related Words:

corruption, depraved, flawed, incorruptibility, incorruptible

## Definition:

The terms "corrupt" and "corruption" refer to a state of affairs in which people have become ruined, immoral, or dishonest.

* The term "corrupt" literally means to be "bent" or "broken" morally.
* A person who is corrupt has turned away from truth and is doing things that are dishonest or immoral.
* To corrupt someone means to influence that person to do dishonest and immoral things.

## Translation Suggestions:

* The term to "corrupt" could be translated as to "influence to do evil" or to "cause to be immoral."
* A corrupt person could be described as a person "who has become immoral" or "who practices evil."
* This term could also be translated as "bad" or "immoral" or "evil."
* The term "corruption" could be translated as "the practice of evil" or "evil" or "immorality."
* Something that cannot be corrupted is "incorruptible" and is characterized as having "incorruptibility."

(See also: [evil](../kt/evil.md))

## Bible References:

* [Ezekiel 20:42-44](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/20/42)
* [Galatians 06:6-8](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/06)
* [Genesis 06:12](rc://en/tn/help/gen/06/12)
* [Matthew 12:33-35](rc://en/tn/help/mat/12/33)
* [Psalm 014:1](rc://en/tn/help/psa/014/1)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H2254, H2610, H3891, H4889, H7843, H7844, G861, G1311, G2704, G3394, G5351, G5356

## Forms Found in the English ULB

corrupt, corrupted, corrupting, corruption, corruptly, corrupts, depraved, flawed, incorruptibility, incorruptible