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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 1 / 2 (Mat 10:28–Act 23:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:39 - So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - “But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:8 - So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[fn] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - “You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - So from that day on they plotted to take his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” “But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:12 - The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

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