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Lexicon :: Strong's G2348 - thnēskō

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θνῄσκω
Transliteration
thnēskō (Key)
Pronunciation
thnay'-sko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A strengthened form of a simpler primary thano {than'-o} (which is used for it only in certain tenses)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:7,312

Strong’s Definitions

θνήσκω thnḗskō, thnay'-sko; a strengthened form of a simpler primary θάνω thánō than'-o (which is used for it only in certain tenses); to die (literally or figuratively):—be dead, die.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G2348 in the following manner: be dead (10x), die (1x), dead man (1x), dead (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G2348 in the following manner: be dead (10x), die (1x), dead man (1x), dead (1x).

  1. to die, to be dead

  2. metaph. to be spiritually dead

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θνήσκω thnḗskō, thnay'-sko; a strengthened form of a simpler primary θάνω thánō than'-o (which is used for it only in certain tenses); to die (literally or figuratively):—be dead, die.
STRONGS G2348:
θνήσκω: perfect τέθνηκα, infinitive τεθνάναι and L T Tr WH τεθνηκέναι (in Acts 14:19), participle τεθνηκώς; pluperfect 3 person singular ἐτεθνήκει (John 11:21 Rec.); [from Homer down]; Sept. for מוּת; to die; perfect to be dead: Matthew 2:20; Mark 15:44; Luke 7:12 [L brackets]; Luke 8:49; John 11:21, Rec. in John 11:39 and John 11:41, 44; John 12:1 [T WH omit; L Tr brackets]; John 19:33; Acts 14:19; Acts 25:19; metaphorically, of the loss of spiritual life: ζῶσα τέθνηκε, i. e. κἄν δοκῇ ζῆν ταύτην τὴν αἰσθητὴν ζωήν, τέθνηκε κατὰ πνεῦμα (Theoph.): 1 Timothy 5:6 (Philo de secular § 10 ζῶντες ἔνιοι τεθνήκασι καὶ τεθνηκότες ζῶσι).
[Compare: ἀπο-, συναποθνήσκω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:20
Mark
15:44
Luke
7:12; 8:49
John
11:21; 11:21; 11:39; 11:41; 11:44; 12:1; 19:33
Acts
14:19; 14:19; 25:19
1 Timothy
5:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2348 matches the Greek θνῄσκω (thnēskō),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:22 - But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:23 - Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:14 - Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37 - So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
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