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Lexicon :: Strong's G615 - apokteinō

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ἀποκτείνω
Transliteration
apokteinō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ok-ti'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀπό (G575) and kteino (to slay)
mGNT
74x in 23 unique form(s) TR
75x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
165x in 38 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἀποκτείνω apokteínō, ap-ok-ti'-no; from G575 and κτείνω kteínō (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:—put to death, kill, slay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's G615 in the following manner: kill (55x), slay (14x), put to death (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's G615 in the following manner: kill (55x), slay (14x), put to death (6x).

  1. to kill in any way whatever

    1. to destroy, to allow to perish

  2. metaph. to extinguish, abolish

    1. to inflict mortal death

    2. to deprive of spiritual life and procure eternal misery in hell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἀποκτείνω apokteínō, ap-ok-ti'-no; from G575 and κτείνω kteínō (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:—put to death, kill, slay.
STRONGS G615:
ἀποκτείνω, and Aeolic, -κτέννω (Matthew 10:28 L T Tr; Mark 12:5 G L T Tr; Luke 12:4 L T Tr; 2 Corinthians 3:6 T Tr; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 507f; [Tdf. Proleg., p. 79]; Winers Grammar, 83 (79); [Buttmann, 61 (54)]), ἀποκτένω (Griesbach in Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4), ἀποκταίνω (Lachmann in 2 Corinthians 3:6; Revelation 13:10), ἀποκτέννυντες (Mark 12:5 WH); future ἀποκτενῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέκτεινα; passive, present infinitive ἀποκτέννεσθαι (Revelation 6:11 G L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἀπεκτάνθην (Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 227; Winers Grammar, the passage cited; [Buttmann, 41 (35f)]); [from Homer down];
1. properly, to kill in any way whatever (ἀπό i. e. so as to put out of the way; cf. [English to kill off], German abschlachten): Matthew 16:21; Matthew 22:6; Mark 6:19; Mark 9:31; John 5:18; John 8:22; Acts 3:15; Revelation 2:13, and very often; [ἀποκτ. ἐν θανάτῳ, Revelation 2:23; Revelation 6:8, cf. Buttmann, 184 (159); Winers Grammar, 339 (319)]. to destroy (allow to perish): Mark 3:4 [yet others take it here absolutely, to kill].
2. metaphorically, to extinguish, abolish: τὴν ἔχθραν, Ephesians 2:16; to inflict moral death, Romans 7:11 (see ἀποθνήσκω, II. 2); to deprive of spiritual life and procure eternal misery, 2 Corinthians 3:6 [Lachmann ἀποκταίνει; see above].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:28; 10:28; 16:21; 22:6
Mark
3:4; 6:19; 9:31; 12:5; 12:5
Luke
12:4; 12:4
John
5:18; 8:22
Acts
3:15
Romans
7:11
2 Corinthians
3:6; 3:6; 3:6
Ephesians
2:16
Revelation
2:13; 2:23; 6:8; 6:11; 13:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G615 matches the Greek ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō),
which occurs 75 times in 71 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:28–Act 23:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were exceeding sorry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:39 - And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:8 - And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that ye are Abraham’s seed, yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:12 - And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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