Strong G443ἀνθρωποκτόνος

murderer

Transliteration
anthrōpoktonos
Pronunciation
anth-ro-pok-ton'-os
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G444 and κτείνω kteinē (to kill); a manslayer: - murderer. Compare G5406 .

Detailed definition

ἀνθρωποκτόνος, -ον
(κτείνω, to kill)
a murderer, manslayer (Eur.; see MM, VGT, see word): Jhn.8:44, 1Jn.3:16.†
SYN.: φονεύς, ἀνδροφόνος (see Tr., Syn, § 83) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G443 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • murderer2

First verses

  1. John 8:44
    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  2. 1 John 3:15
    Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνθρωπο-κτόνος, ον,
murdering men, homicide, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 389, NT.1John.3.15, NT.John.8.44.)]
II proparoxytone, ἀνθρωπόκτονος βορά feeding on slaughtered men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 127.)]