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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain G615 Paul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - And the soldiers' counsel was to kill G615 the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 - For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew G615 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - Lord, they have killed G615 thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, G615 but the spirit giveth life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain G615 the enmity thereby:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - Who both killed G615 the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain G615 among you, where Satan dwelleth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:23 - And I will kill G615 her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill G615 with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:11 - And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed G615 as they were, should be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:5 - And to them it was given that they should G615 ➔ not kill G615 them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay G615 the third part of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:18 - By these three was G615 ➔ the third part of men killed, G615 by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 - And the rest of the men which were G615 ➔ not killed G615 by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 - And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain G615 of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth G615 with the sword must be killed G615 with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 - And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:21 - And the remnant were slain G615 with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

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