Strong G615ἀποκτείνω

to kill

Transliteration
apokteinō
Pronunciation
ap-ok-ti'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and κτείνω kteinō (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively to destroy: - put to death kill slay.

Detailed definition

ἀπο-κτείνω
(also in late forms -κτέννω, Mat.10:28, a1., LTTr., -κτεννύω, Mrk.12:5, WH), [in LXX for הָרַג, מוּת;]
to kill: Mat.14:5, al.; before instr. ἐν (which see), Eph.2:16, Rev.2:23, al. Metaphorical: Rom.7:11; τ. ἔχθραν, Eph.2:16; τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει 2Co.3:6 (on the perfective force of this verb, see M, Pr., 114)
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G615 appears in 71 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • kill47
  • slain7
  • put6
  • death5
  • slay4
  • killeth3
  • slew3
  • killest2
  • be1
  • killed1
  • should1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:28
    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  2. Matthew 14:5
    And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
  3. Matthew 16:21
    From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
  4. Matthew 17:23
    And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
  5. Matthew 21:35
    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
  6. Matthew 21:38
    But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
  7. Matthew 21:39
    And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
  8. Matthew 22:6
    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
  9. Matthew 23:34
    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
  10. Matthew 23:37
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
  11. Matthew 24:9
    Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
  12. Matthew 26:4
    And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
  13. Mark 3:4
    And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
  14. Mark 6:19
    Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
  15. Mark 8:31
    And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  16. Mark 9:31
    For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
  17. Mark 10:34
    And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  18. Mark 12:5
    And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
  19. Mark 12:7
    But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
  20. Mark 12:8
    And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποκτείνω
(later -κτέννω (which see): -κταίνω[NT (NT.2Cor.3.6, etc.),)]future -κτενῶ, Ionic dialect -κτενέω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30)]: aorist 1 ἀπέκτεινα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)]: perfect ἀπέκτονα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.2)]; pluperfect 3rd.pers.plural -εκτόνεσαν[Refs ([prev. author] 19.148)], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εκτόνεε[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67; later ἀπεκτόνηκα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 182b19, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 24.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 16; also ἀπέκταγκα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 344, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b16, 18, LXX.1Ki.24.12, etc.; ἀπέκτᾰκα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.18.10)]: aorist 2 -έκτᾰνον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], poetry 1st pers.plural ἀπέκταμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.121)], infinitive -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.165, 5.675)]:—passive, late (ἀποθνήσκω being used as the passive by correct writers), present in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 7)]: aorist ἀπεκτάνθην[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 65.4, LXX.1Mac.2.9)]: aorist 2 infinitive ἀποκτανῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.284)]: perfect infinitive ἀπεκτάνθαι[LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.7.4, LXX.2Mac.4.36)]:—but aorist middle in passive sense ἀπέκτατο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.437, 17.472)]; participle ἀποκτάμενος[Refs (4.494, etc.)]; compare ἀποκτείνυμι:— stronger form of κτείνω, kill, slay, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and the prevailing form in Attic dialect (compare ἀποθνήσκω): once in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1250, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, frequently in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “Hec.” 1244, +others)]
2 of judges, condemn to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30df, etc.)]; also of the accuser, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.21, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61)]; put to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.4)]: generally of the law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325b.)]
3 metaphorically, τὸ σεμνὸν ὥς μ᾽ ἀ. τὸ σόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1064)]; σὺ μή μ᾽ ἀπόκτειν) [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 1027.)]