Strong G2288θάνατος
death
- Transliteration
- thanatos
- Pronunciation
- than'-at-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively): - X deadly (be . . .) death.
Detailed definition
θάνατος, -ου, ὁ (θνήσκω),
[in LXX chiefly for מָוֶת,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר;]
death;
1. of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jhn.11:13, Php.2:27, Heb.7:23, al; opposite to ζωή, Rom.8:38, Php.1:20; of the death of Christ, Rom.5:10, Php.3:10, Heb.2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ., 2Co.1:10, Heb.5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Mat.26:38, Mrk.14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Php.2:8, Rev.2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Rev.13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luk.2:26, Heb.11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mrk.9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mrk.14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν ( Exo.21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mrk.7:10; death personified, Rom.6:9, 1Co.15:26, Rev.21:4; pl., of deadly perils, 2Co.11:23.
2. Of spiritual death: Jhn.5:24 8:51, Rom.7:10, Jas.1:15, 5:20, 1Jn.3:14 5:16, al.; of eternal death, Rom.1:32 7:5, al.; ὁ θ. ὁ δεύτερος, Rev.2:11 21:8 (cf. Cremer, 283ff.; DB, iii, 114ff.; DCG, i, 791f.).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מָוֶת,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר;]
death;
1. of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jhn.11:13, Php.2:27, Heb.7:23, al; opposite to ζωή, Rom.8:38, Php.1:20; of the death of Christ, Rom.5:10, Php.3:10, Heb.2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ., 2Co.1:10, Heb.5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Mat.26:38, Mrk.14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Php.2:8, Rev.2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Rev.13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luk.2:26, Heb.11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mrk.9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mrk.14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν ( Exo.21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mrk.7:10; death personified, Rom.6:9, 1Co.15:26, Rev.21:4; pl., of deadly perils, 2Co.11:23.
2. Of spiritual death: Jhn.5:24 8:51, Rom.7:10, Jas.1:15, 5:20, 1Jn.3:14 5:16, al.; of eternal death, Rom.1:32 7:5, al.; ὁ θ. ὁ δεύτερος, Rev.2:11 21:8 (cf. Cremer, 283ff.; DB, iii, 114ff.; DCG, i, 791f.).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2288 appears in 106 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- death105
- deadly2
- of1
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
- Matthew 10:21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matthew 16:28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
- Matthew 20:18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
- Matthew 26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
- Matthew 26:66What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Mark 9:1And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
- Mark 10:33Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
- Mark 13:12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
- Mark 14:34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
- Mark 14:64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
- Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Luke 2:26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Luke 9:27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
- Luke 22:33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
- Luke 23:15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
- Luke 23:22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
- Luke 24:20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θάνᾰτος [θᾰ], ὁ,
(θνῄσκω) death, whether natural or violent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; τῶν ὑπαλευάμενος θάνατον the death threatened by them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.275; ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ 11.412)]; θάνατόνδε to death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693, 22.297)]; θανάτου τέλος, μοῖρα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 917 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς for life and death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.29; θ. ἢ βίον φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 802; θάνατος μὲν τάδ᾽ ἀκούειν [prev. author] “OC” 529; θανάτῳ ἴσον πάθος [prev. author] “Aj.” 215; ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 201)]; πόλεώς ἐστι θ., ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι it is its death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 61)]; γῆρας ζῶν θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 12)]; θάνατον ἀποθνῄσκειν, τελευτᾶν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.76.)]
2 in Law, death-penalty, θάνατον καταγνῶναί τινος to pass sentence of death on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81)]; θανάτου δίκῃ κρίνεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 57; θανάτου κρίνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.14, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.14.6; περὶ θανάτου διώκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.6)]; πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς.. ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.47)]; θ. τῆς ζημίας ἐπικειμένης the penalty is death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.50)]; elliptically, παιδίον κεκος μημένον τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. στολήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109; τὴν ἐπὶ θ. προσαγαγεῖν τινα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 44)]; but δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. δέσιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔξοδον ποιεῖσθαι to go to execution, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.223; ἐπὶ θάνατον ἄγεσθαι [prev. author] 3.14)]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου for any penalty short of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; εὐθύνας εἶναι πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας “IG” 12.39.73)]; εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short of death or maiming, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.183.)]
3 plural, θάνατοι kinds of death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.341)]; the deaths of several persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1200, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 628 (both Lyric poetry))]; poetry, of one person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 53, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 496, “El.” 206 (all Lyric poetry); οὐχ ἑνός, οὐδὲ δυοῖν ἄξια θανάτοιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908e; πολλῶν θ., οὐχ ἑνὸς ἄξιος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.21, compare 19.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 483, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24; δεύτερος θ.)]*apocalyptic [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.942f)]; especially of violent death, θ. αὐθένται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1572 (Lyric poetry), compare “Th.” 879 (Lyric poetry); εἰς θανάτους ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b.)]
II as proper name, Θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Death”, Ὕπνῳ.. κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.231, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 854, “Ph.” 797, etc.; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θ. οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 161)]; ὃν [ἰὸν] τέκετο Θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 834; character in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus Alcaeus)]
III corpse, θ. ἀτύμβευτος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.439 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus).)]
(θνῄσκω) death, whether natural or violent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; τῶν ὑπαλευάμενος θάνατον the death threatened by them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.275; ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ 11.412)]; θάνατόνδε to death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693, 22.297)]; θανάτου τέλος, μοῖρα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 906 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 917 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς for life and death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.29; θ. ἢ βίον φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 802; θάνατος μὲν τάδ᾽ ἀκούειν [prev. author] “OC” 529; θανάτῳ ἴσον πάθος [prev. author] “Aj.” 215; ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 201)]; πόλεώς ἐστι θ., ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι it is its death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 61)]; γῆρας ζῶν θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 12)]; θάνατον ἀποθνῄσκειν, τελευτᾶν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.76.)]
2 in Law, death-penalty, θάνατον καταγνῶναί τινος to pass sentence of death on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81)]; θανάτου δίκῃ κρίνεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 57; θανάτου κρίνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.14, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.14.6; περὶ θανάτου διώκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.6)]; πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς.. ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.47)]; θ. τῆς ζημίας ἐπικειμένης the penalty is death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.50)]; elliptically, παιδίον κεκος μημένον τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. στολήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109; τὴν ἐπὶ θ. προσαγαγεῖν τινα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 44)]; but δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. δέσιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔξοδον ποιεῖσθαι to go to execution, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.223; ἐπὶ θάνατον ἄγεσθαι [prev. author] 3.14)]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου for any penalty short of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54; εὐθύνας εἶναι πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας “IG” 12.39.73)]; εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short of death or maiming, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.183.)]
3 plural, θάνατοι kinds of death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.341)]; the deaths of several persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1200, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 628 (both Lyric poetry))]; poetry, of one person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 53, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 496, “El.” 206 (all Lyric poetry); οὐχ ἑνός, οὐδὲ δυοῖν ἄξια θανάτοιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908e; πολλῶν θ., οὐχ ἑνὸς ἄξιος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.21, compare 19.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 483, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24; δεύτερος θ.)]*apocalyptic [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.942f)]; especially of violent death, θ. αὐθένται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1572 (Lyric poetry), compare “Th.” 879 (Lyric poetry); εἰς θανάτους ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b.)]
II as proper name, Θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Death”, Ὕπνῳ.. κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.231, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 854, “Ph.” 797, etc.; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θ. οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 161)]; ὃν [ἰὸν] τέκετο Θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 834; character in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus Alcaeus)]
III corpse, θ. ἀτύμβευτος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.439 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus).)]