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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 74 times in 70 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Act 27:42–Rev 19:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill G615 the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 - For sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed G615 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED G615 YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills G615, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having in Himself put G615 to G615 death G615 the enmity.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - who both killed G615 the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and [fn]drove us out, and do not please God, and are hostile to all men,

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‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed G615 among you, where Satan dwells.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:23 - ‘And I will kill G615 her children with [fn]pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the [fn]minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - Then I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sits on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill G615 with sword and with famine and with [fn]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:11 - And a white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed G615 even as they had been, would be completed also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:5 - And [fn]they were not permitted to kill G615 [fn]anyone, but to torment for five months, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it [fn]stings a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill G615 a third of [fn]mankind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:18 - A third of [fn]mankind was killed G615 by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the [fn]brimstone which came out of their mouths.

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And the rest of [fn]mankind, who were not killed G615 by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if anyone wishes to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, he must be killed G615 in this way.

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And when they have finished their witness, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them and overcome them and kill G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 - And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; [fn]seven thousand people were killed G615 in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - If anyone [fn]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills G615 with the sword, with the sword he must be killed G615. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 - And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even [fn]speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed G615.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:21 - And the rest were killed G615 with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sits on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

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