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Lexicon :: Strong's G615 - apokteinō

Strong's

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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 11 times in 9 verses in 'Mar' in the MGNT Greek.

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Mar 3:4 - And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?^G615 But they held their peace.

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Mar 6:19 - Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed^G615 him; but she could not:

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Mar 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 scribes, and be killed,^G615 and after three days rise again.

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Mar 9:31 - For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill^G615 him; and after that he is killed,^G615 he shall rise the third day.

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Mar 10:34 - And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill^G615 him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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Mar 12:5 - And again he sent another; and him they killed,^G615 and many others; beating some, and killing some.^G615

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Mar 12:7 - But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill^G615 him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

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Mar 12:8 - And they took him, and killed^G615 him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

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Mar 14:1 - After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.^G615

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