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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 74 times in 70 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Act 27:42–Rev 19:21)

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The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 -

For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

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Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 -

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 -

He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death.[fn]

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who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,

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“I know[fn] where you live ​— ​where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding on to my name and did not deny your faith in me,[fn] even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness who was put to death among you, where Satan lives.

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“I will strike her children dead.[fn] Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

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And I looked, and there was a pale green[fn] horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following after him. They were[fn] given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:11 -

So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been.

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They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 -

So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:18 -

A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues ​— ​by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.

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The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

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If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

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When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 -

At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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If anyone is to be taken captive,

into captivity he goes.

If anyone is to be killed[fn] with a sword,

with a sword he will be killed.

This calls for endurance[fn] and faithfulness from the saints.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 -

It was permitted to give breath[fn] to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:21 -

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds ate their fill of their flesh.


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