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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 12 times in 12 verses in 'Luk' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed G615 and be raised on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you! For you build the [fn]tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed G615 them, and you build their [fn]tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - “For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill G615, and some they will [fn]persecute,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 -

“Now I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill G615 the body, and after that have nothing 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 to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed G615 someone, has the power to throw that person into [fn]hell; yes, I tell you, fear [fn]Him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or do you think that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed G615 them were worse [fn]offenders than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 -

At that very time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away and leave this place, because Herod wants to kill G615 You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills G615 the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her [fn]young under her wings, and you were unwilling!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - and after they have flogged Him, they will kill G615 Him; and on the third day He will rise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill G615 him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - “And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed G615 him. What, then, will the [fn]owner of the vineyard do to them?
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