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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)

Greek Inflections of ἀποκτείνω [?]

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to kill in any way whatever
1. to destroy, to allow to perish
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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].

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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

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Strong's Number G615 matches the Greek ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Luk 11:49 - propterea et sapientia Dei dixit mittam ad illos prophetas et apostolos et ex illis occident et persequentur

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Luk 12:4 - dico autem vobis amicis meis ne terreamini ab his qui occidunt corpus et post haec non habent amplius quod faciant

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Luk 12:5 - ostendam autem vobis quem timeatis timete eum qui postquam occiderit habet potestatem mittere in gehennam ita dico vobis hunc timete

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Luk 20:14 - quem cum vidissent coloni cogitaverunt inter se dicentes hic est heres occidamus illum ut nostra fiat hereditas

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