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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 those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather 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 while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:21

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

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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 greatly grieved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess 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, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew 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; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers 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 to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will 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 took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and 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 of the elders and of the chief priests and of 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 to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - And again 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 to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will 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 the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by 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 sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build their sepulchres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that *they* were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - And when they have scourged him they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:1

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 Box Jhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The crowd answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance 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 who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof *we* are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:12

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

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