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Lexicon :: Strong's G615 - apokteinō

Aa
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].
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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 165 times in 159 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lamech said unto his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
For I have slain a man for wounding me,
And a young man for bruising me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12 - and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7 - And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 -
O my soul, come not thou into their council;
Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united;
For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:24 - And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16 - And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41 - But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4 - And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:9 - but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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