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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)

Greek Inflections of ἀποκτείνω [?]

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to kill in any way whatever
1. to destroy, to allow to perish
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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].

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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

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Strong's Number G615 matches the Greek ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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

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

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Luk 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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Luk 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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