The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
The 1611 reading
The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Morally spoiled, defiled, perverted, false, or turned from integrity. 2. Physically decayed, damaged, or unsound. 3. As a verb, to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 6:11
Complete exact-word concordance
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God looked vpon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way vpon the earth.
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Lest yee corrupt your selues, and make you a grauen image, the similitude of any figure, the likenes of male, or female,
¶ 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:
¶ When thou shalt beget children, and childrens children, and shalt haue remained long in the land, and shal corrupt your selues, & make a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing, and shall doe euil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to prouoke him to anger:
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 yee will vtterly corrupt your selues, and turne aside from the way, which I haue commauded you: and euil wil befall you in the latter dayes, because yee wil doe euil in the sight of the LORD, to prouoke him to anger through the worke of your hands.
MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
¶ My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me.
1611 marginal noteOr, my spirit is spent.
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 foole hath sayd in his heart, There is no God: they are corrupt, they haue done abominable workes, there is none that doeth good.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
My wounds stinke, and are corrupt: because of my foolishnesse.
THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
¶ The foole hath sayde in his heart, There is no god; Corrupt are they, and haue done abhominable iniquitie; there is none that doth good.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They are corrupt, and speake wickedly concerning oppression: they speake loftily.
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Historical English dictionary sources
to cause to decay.