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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 75 times in 71 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:28–Act 23:12)

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - Therefore Herodias held it against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - “and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - “And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - “But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us 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 cast him out of the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.

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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, and be raised the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - “Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - “And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - “But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - On that very day[fn] some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “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 brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - “They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,[fn] because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews[fn] sought to kill Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 - “Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 - Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because 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, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - “But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - “They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - “and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:12 - And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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