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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 13 times in 13 verses in 'Jhn' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay G615 him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill G615 him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill G615 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill G615 me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill G615 thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - Then said the Jews, Will he kill G615 himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill G615 me, because my word hath no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now ye seek to kill G615 me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put G615 ➔ him to death. G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief priests consulted that they might put G615 ➔ Lazarus also to death; G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth G615 you will think that he doeth God service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put G615 ➔ any man to death: G615
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