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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 12 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - “and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - “And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - “But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:39

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - “And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - “Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
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