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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 165 times in 159 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 4:8–Deu 13:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, [fn]and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall [fn]suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my [fn]sorrow and a youth to my [fn]grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12 - It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was [fn]fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7 - And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - And I said to thee, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay thy first-born son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:24 - And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord met him by the way in the inn, and sought to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savour abominable before Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - And when Pharao hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every first-born of my sons I will redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from my altar to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - (LXX 22:18) Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - (LXX 22:23) And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the natives of the land should in anywise overlook that man in giving of his seed to Moloch, so as not to put him to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - And whosoever shall lie with a beast, let him die the death; and ye shall kill the beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16 - And whatever woman shall approach any beast, so as to have connexion with it, ye shall kill the woman and the beast: let them die the death, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up [fn]to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that thou altogether rulest over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41 - (LXX 17:6) And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4 - And wherefore have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - And if she had not turned out of the way, surely now, I should have slain thee, and should have saved her alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Madian together with their slain subjects; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they slew with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their other slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whensoever he shall meet him he shall slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - Lest the inhabitants of the land whence thou broughtest us out speak, saying, Because the Lord could not bring them into the land of which he spoke to them, and because he hated them, has he brought them forth to slay them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:9 - (LXX 13:10) thou shalt surely report concerning him, and thy hands shall be upon him among the first to slay him, and the hands of all the people at the last.

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