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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].
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 14:5 - Although Herod wanted G2309 to put G615 him to G615 death G615, he feared G5399 the crowd G3793, because G3754 they regarded G2192 [fn]John G846 as a prophet G4396.

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From that G5119 time G5119 [fn]Jesus G2424 began G757 to [fn]point G1166 out G1166 to His disciples G3101 that it was necessary G1163 for Him to go G565 to Jerusalem G2414 and to suffer G3958 many G4183 things G4183 from the elders G4245, chief G749 priests G749, and scribes G1122, and to be killed G615, and to be raised G1453 up G1453 on the third G5154 day G2250.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - and they will kill G615 Him, and He will be raised G1453 on the third G5154 day G2250.” And they were deeply G4970 grieved G3076.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - “And the vine-growers G1092 took G2983 his slaves G1401 and beat G1194 one G3739, killed G615 another G3739 G1161, and stoned G3036 another G3739.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - “But when the vine-growers G1092 saw G3708 the son G5207, they said G3004 among G1722 themselves G1438, ‘This G3778 is the heir G2818; come G1205, let’s kill G615 him and take G2192 possession G2192 of his inheritance G2817!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:39 - “And they took G2983 him and threw G1544 him out G1544 of the vineyard G290, and killed G615 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - and the rest G3062 seized G2902 his slaves G1401 and treated G5195 them abusively G5195, and then killed G615 them.

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“Therefore G1223 G3778, behold G2400, I am sending G649 you prophets G4396 and wise G4680 men G4680 and scribes G1122; some G1537 of them you will kill G615 and crucify G4717, and some G1537 of them you will flog G3146 in your synagogues G4864, and persecute G1377 from city G4172 to city G4172,

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“Jerusalem G2419, Jerusalem G2419, who kills G615 the prophets G4396 and stones G3036 those G3588 who have been sent G649 to her! How G4212 often G4212 I wanted G2309 to gather G1996 your children G5043 together G1996, the way G5158 a hen G3733 gathers G1996 her chicks G3556 under G5259 her wings G4420, and you were unwilling G3756 G2309.

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“Then G5119 they will hand G3860 you over G3860 to tribulation G2347 and kill G615 you, and you will be hated G3404 by all G3956 nations G1484 because G1223 of My name G3686.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and they plotted G4823 together G4823 to arrest G2902 Jesus G2424 covertly G1388 and kill G615 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And He *said G3004 to them, “Is it lawful G1832 to do G4160 good G18 on the Sabbath G4521 or G2228 to do G2554 harm G2554, to save G4982 a life G5590 or G2228 to kill G615?” But they kept G4623 silent G4623.

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And He began G757 to teach G1321 them that the Son G5207 of Man G444 must G1163 suffer G3958 many G4183 things G4183 and be rejected G593 by the elders G4245 and the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122, and be killed G615, and after G3326 three G5140 days G2250 rise G450 from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - For He was teaching G1321 His disciples G3101 and telling G3004 them, “The Son G5207 of Man G444 is to be [fn]handed G3860 G5495 over G3860 to men G444, and they will kill G615 Him; and when He has been killed G615, He will rise G450 three G5140 days G2250 later G3326.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - “And they will mock G1702 Him and spit G1716 on G1716 Him, and flog G3146 Him and kill G615 Him; and three G5140 days G2250 later G3326 He will rise G450 from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - “And he sent G649 another G243, and that G2548 one G2548 they killed G615; and so with many G4183 others G243, beating G1194 some G3739 G3303 and killing G615 others G3739 G1161.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - “But those G1565 vine-growers G1092 said G3004 to one G1438 another G1438, ‘This G3778 is the heir G2818; come G1205, let’s kill G615 him, and the inheritance G2817 will be ours G1473!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:8 - “And they took G2983 him and killed G615 him, and threw G1544 him out G1544 of the vineyard G290.

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Now G1161 the Passover G3957 and Festival of Unleavened G106 Bread G106 were two G1417 days G2250 away G3326; and the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 were seeking G2212 how G4459 to arrest G2902 Him covertly G1388 and kill G615 Him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - saying G3004, “The Son G5207 of Man G444 must G1163 suffer G3958 many G4183 things G4183 and be rejected G593 by the elders G4245 and chief G749 priests G749 and scribes G1122, and be killed G615 and be raised G1453 on the third G5154 day G2250.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe G3759 to you! For you build G3618 the [fn]tombs G3419 of the prophets G4396, and it was your fathers G3962 who killed G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “So G686 you are witnesses G3144 and you approve G4909 of the deeds G2041 of your fathers G3962; because G3754 it was they who killed G615 them, and you build G3618 their [fn]tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - “For this G3778 reason G1223 also G2532, the wisdom G4678 of God G2316 said G3004, ‘I will send G649 them prophets G4396 and apostles G652, and some of them they will kill G615, and some they will [fn]persecute G1377,

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“Now G1161 I say G3004 to you, My friends G5384, do not be G5399 afraid G5399 of those G3588 who kill G615 the body G4983, and after G3326 that have G2192 nothing G3361 G5100 more G4053 that they can do G4160.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - “But I will warn G5263 you whom G5101 to fear G5399: fear G5399 the One who, after G3326 He has killed G615 someone, has G2192 the power G1849 to throw G1685 that person into [fn]hell G1067; yes G3483, I tell G3004 you, fear G5399 [fn]Him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or G2228 do you think G1380 that those G1565 eighteen G6014 on whom G3739 the tower G4444 in Siloam G4611 fell G4098 and killed G615 them were worse [fn]offenders G3781 than G3844 all G3956 the other people G444 who live G2730 in Jerusalem G2419?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31

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At that very G846 time G5610 some G5100 Pharisees G5330 approached G4334, saying G3004 to Him, “Go G1831 away G1831 and leave G4198 G1782 this G1782 place G1782, because G3754 Herod G2264 wants G2309 to kill G615 You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “Jerusalem G2419, Jerusalem G2419, the city that kills G615 the prophets G4396 and stones G3036 those G3588 who have been sent G649 to her! How G4212 often G4212 I wanted G2309 to gather G1996 your children G5043 together G1996, just G3739 G5158 as a hen G3733 gathers her [fn]young G3555 under G5259 her wings G4420, and you were unwilling G3756 G2309!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - and after they have flogged G3146 Him, they will kill G615 Him; and on the third G5154 day G2250 He will rise G450.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the vine-growers G1092 saw G3708 him, they discussed G1260 with one G240 another G240, saying G3004, ‘This G3778 is the heir G2818; let’s kill G615 him so G2443 that G2443 the inheritance G2817 will be ours G1473.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - “And so they threw G1544 him out G1544 of the vineyard G290 and killed G615 him. What G5101, then G3767, will the [fn]owner G2962 of the vineyard G290 do G4160 to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this G3778 reason G1223 therefore G3767 the Jews G2453 were seeking G2212 all the more G3123 to kill G615 Him, because G3754 He not only G3440 was breaking G3089 the Sabbath G4521, but also G2532 was calling G3004 God G2316 His own G2398 Father G3962, making G4160 Himself G1438 equal G2470 with God G2316.

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After G3326 these G3778 things G3778 Jesus G2424 was walking G4043 in Galilee G1056, for He was unwilling G3756 G2309 to walk G4043 in Judea G2449 because G3754 the Jews G2453 were seeking G2212 to kill G615 Him.

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“Did Moses G3475 not give G1325 you the Law G3551, and yet none G3762 of you carries G4160 out G4160 the Law G3551? Why G5101 are you seeking G2212 to kill G615 Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The crowd G3793 answered G611, “You have G2192 a demon G1140! Who G5101 is seeking G2212 to kill G615 You?”

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So G3767 some G5100 of the people G2415 of G2415 Jerusalem G2415 were saying G3004, “Is this G3778 Man G3778 not the one whom G3739 they are seeking G2212 to kill G615?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - So G3767 the Jews G2453 were saying G3004, “Surely G3385 He will not kill G615 Himself G1438, will He, since G3754 He says G3004, ‘Where G3699 I am going G5217, you cannot G1410 G3756 come G2064’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - “I know G6063 that you are Abraham’s G11 descendants G4690; yet G235 you are seeking G2212 to kill G615 Me, because G3754 My word G3056 [fn]has G5562 no G3756 place G5562 in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - “But as it is, you are seeking G2212 to kill G615 Me, a Man G444 who G3739 has told G2980 you the truth G225, which G3739 I heard G191 from God G2316; this G3778 Abraham G11 did not do G4160.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - So G3767 from that day G2250 on they planned G1011 together G1011 to kill G615 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief G749 priests G749 planned G1011 to put G615 Lazarus G2976 to G615 death G615 also G2532,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - “They will [fn]ban G4160 G656 you from G656 the G656 synagogue G656, yet G235 an hour G5610 is coming G2064 for everyone G3956 who kills G615 you to think G1380 that he is offering G4374 a [fn]service G2999 to God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - So G3767 Pilate G4091 said G3004 to them, “Take G2983 Him yourselves G4771, and judge G2919 Him according G2596 to your law G3551.” The Jews G2453 said G3004 to him, “We are not [fn]permitted G1832 to put G615 anyone G3762 to G615 death G615.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - but put G615 to G615 death G615 the [fn]Prince G747 of life G2222, whom G3739 God G2316 raised G1453 from the dead G3498, [fn]a fact to which G3739 we are witnesses G3144.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - “Which G5101 one G5101 of the prophets G4396 did your fathers G3962 not persecute G1377? They killed G615 those G3588 who had previously G4293 announced G4293 the coming G1660 of the Righteous G1342 One G1342, and you have now G3568 become G1096 betrayers G4273 and murderers G5406 of Him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - While they were intent G2212 on killing G615 him, a report G5334 came G305 up G305 to the commander G5506 of the Roman [fn]cohort G4686 that all G3650 Jerusalem G2419 was G4797 in G4797 confusion G4797.

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When it was day G2250, the Jews G2453 formed G4160 a [fn]conspiracy G4963 and put G332 themselves G1438 under G332 an G332 [fn]oath G332, saying G3004 that they would neither G3383 eat G2068 nor G3383 drink G4095 until G2193 they had killed G615 Paul G3972.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - They came G4334 to the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 and said G3004, “We have put G332 ourselves G1438 under G332 an G332 [fn]oath G332 to taste G1089 nothing G3367 until G2193 we have killed G615 Paul G3972.

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