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Lexicon :: Strong's G2289 - thanatoō

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θανατόω
Transliteration
thanatoō (Key)
Pronunciation
than-at-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
11x in 8 unique form(s) TR
11x in 8 unique form(s) LXX
139x in 33 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:21,312

Strong’s Definitions

θανατόω thanatóō, than-at-o'-o; from G2288 to kill (literally or figuratively):—become dead, (cause to be) put to death, kill, mortify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2289 in the following manner: put to death (4x), cause to be put to death (3x), kill (2x), become dead (1x), mortify (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2289 in the following manner: put to death (4x), cause to be put to death (3x), kill (2x), become dead (1x), mortify (1x).

  1. to put to death

  2. metaph.

    1. to make to die i.e. destroy, render extinct

    2. by death to be liberated from the bond of anything, literally to be made dead in relation to (something)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θανατόω thanatóō, than-at-o'-o; from G2288 to kill (literally or figuratively):—become dead, (cause to be) put to death, kill, mortify.
STRONGS G2289:
θανατόω, -ῶ; future θανατώσω; 1 aorist infinitive θανατῶσαι, [3 person plural subjunctive θανατώσωσι, Matthew 26:59 R G]; passive, [present θανατοῦμαι]; 1 aorist ἐθανατώθην; (from θάνατος); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; Sept. for הֵמִית, הָרַג, etc.
1. properly, to put to death: τινά, Matthew 10:21; Matthew 26:59; Matthew 27:1; Mark 13:12; Mark 14:55; Luke 21:16; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Peter 3:18; passive, by rhetorical hyperbole, to be in the state of one who is being put to death, Romans 8:36.
2. metaphorically,
a. to make to die i. e. destroy, render extinct (something vigorous), Vulg. mortifico [A. V. mortify]: τί, Romans 8:13.
b. passive with the dative of the thing, by death to be liberated from the bond of anything [literally, to be made dead in relation to; cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); Buttmann, 178 (155)]: Romans 7:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:21; 26:59; 26:59; 27:1
Mark
13:12; 14:55
Luke
21:16
Romans
7:4; 8:13; 8:36
2 Corinthians
6:9
1 Peter
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2289 matches the Greek θανατόω (thanatoō),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in '2Sa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:16 - And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s will to put to death Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.’ And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:4 - The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[fn]
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
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