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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 - Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - 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, Yeshua began to show his talmidim that he must go to Yerushalayim and suffer many things from the Zakenim, chief Kohanim, and Sofrim, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were exceedingly sorry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:39 - So they took him, and threw him 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 grabbed 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 to you prophets, wise men, and Sofrim. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - "Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - He said to them, "Is it lawful on the day of Shabbat to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the Zakenim, the chief Kohanim, and the Sofrim, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - For he was teaching his talmidim, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - It was now two days before the feast of the Pesach and the matzah, and the chief Kohanim and the Sofrim sought how they might sieze him by deception, and kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the Zakenim, chief Kohanim, and Sofrim, 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 to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:49

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehinnom. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Shiloach fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Yerushalayim?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - On that same day, some Perushim came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - "Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - For this cause the Yehudim persecuted Yeshua, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Shabbat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After these things, Yeshua was walking in the Galil, for he wouldn't walk in Yehudah, because the Yehudim sought to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Didn't Moshe give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Therefore some of them of Yerushalayim said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - The Yehudim therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Avraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Avraham didn't do this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - So from that day forward 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 Kohanim conspired to put El'azar to death also,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers 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 yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Yehudim said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:15

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 Box Act 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Yerushalayim was in an uproar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:12 - When it was day, some of the Yehudim banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Sha'ul.

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