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θάνατος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine120 occurrences15 books106 verses

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: John 11:13, Philippians 2:27, Hebrews 7:23, al; opposite to ζωή, Romans 8:38, Philippians 1:20; of the death of Christ, Romans 5:10, Philippians 3:10, Hebrews 2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ., 2 Corinthians 1:10, Hebrews 5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Matthew 26:38, Mark 14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Philippians 2:8, Revelation 2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Revelation 13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luke 2:26, Hebrews 11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mark 9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mark 14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν ( Exodus 21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mark 7:10; death personified, Romans 6:9, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Revelation 21:4; pl., of deadly perils, 2 Corinthians 11:23.

2. Of spiritual death: John 5:24; 8:51, Romans 7:10, James 1:15; 5:20, 1 John 3:14; 5:16, al.; of eternal death, Romans 1:32; 7:5, al.; ὁ θ. ὁ δεύτερος, Revelation 2:11; 21:8 (cf. Cremer, 283ff.; DB, iii, 114ff.; DCG, i, 791f.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θάνατος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

120 total
  1. Romans 7:5θανάτῳ · for death
    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  2. Romans 7:10θάνατον · death
    So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
  3. Romans 7:13θάνατος · death; θάνατον · death
    Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
  4. Romans 7:24θανάτου · of death
    What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
  5. Romans 8:2θανάτου · death
    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  6. Romans 8:6θάνατος · [is] death
    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
  7. Romans 8:38θάνατος · death
    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:22θάνατος · death
    …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
  9. 1 Corinthians 11:26θάνατον · death
    For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:21θάνατος · death
    For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:26θάνατος · death
    The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:54θάνατος · Death
    When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
  13. 1 Corinthians 15:55θάνατε · O Death; θάνατε · O Death
    “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
  14. 1 Corinthians 15:56θανάτου · of death [is]
    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  15. 2 Corinthians 1:9θανάτου · of death
    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
  16. 2 Corinthians 1:10θανάτου
    He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
  17. 2 Corinthians 2:16θανάτου · death; θάνατον
    To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
  18. 2 Corinthians 3:7θανάτου · of death
    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
  19. 2 Corinthians 4:11θάνατον · death
    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
  20. 2 Corinthians 4:12θάνατος · death
    So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
  21. 2 Corinthians 7:10θάνατον · death
    Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
  22. 2 Corinthians 11:23θανάτοις · danger of death
    Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
  23. Philippians 1:20θανάτου · death
    I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  24. Philippians 2:8θανάτου · death; θανάτου · death
    And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
  25. Philippians 2:27θανάτῳ · unto death
    He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
  26. Philippians 2:30θανάτου · died
    …because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.
  27. Philippians 3:10θανάτῳ · death
    I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
  28. Colossians 1:22θανάτου · death
    But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
  29. 2 Timothy 1:10θάνατον · death
    And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
  30. Hebrews 2:9θανάτου · death; θανάτου · death
    But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
  31. Hebrews 2:14θανάτου · death; θανάτου · of death
    Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
  32. Hebrews 2:15θανάτου · of death
    …and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  33. Hebrews 5:7θανάτου · death
    During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
  34. Hebrews 7:23θανάτῳ · death
    Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
  35. Hebrews 9:15θανάτου · now that He has died
    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
  36. Hebrews 9:16θάνατον · [the] death
    In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
  37. Hebrews 11:5θάνατον · death
    By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
  38. James 1:15θάνατον · death
    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
  39. James 5:20θανάτου · death
    …consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  40. 1 John 3:14θανάτου · death; θανάτῳ · death
    We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
  41. 1 John 5:16θάνατον · death; θάνατον; θάνατον · death
    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.