ἀποθνήσκω

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Definition

ἀπο-θνῄσκω,

[in LXX chiefly for מוּת ;]

to die: of natural death, Mark 5:35, al.; of violent death (pass. of ἀποκτείνω), esp. of Christ, Matthew 26:35, John 12:33, Hebrews 10:28, al.; of spiritual death, John 6:50, Romans 8:13, al.; with dative ref., Romans 6:2, 10; 14:7, 8, Galatians 2:19; accusative, ὅ, Romans 6:10; before ἐν, Matthew 8:32, John 8:21, 24, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Hebrews 11:37, Revelation 14:13; before ὑπέρ, περί, John 11:50, 51; 18:14, Romans 5:6-8; 14:15, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 2 Corinthians 5:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, 1 Peter 3:18; ἀπό, Colossians 2:20; ἐκ, Revelation 8:11; figuratively, 1 Corinthians 15:31 (cf. συν-αποθνήσκω, and V. Milligan, NTD, 258f.; DCG, i, 791b; Cremer, 286; MM, see word; on the perfective force of this verb, M, Pr., 112, 114; and on the distinction bet. present and aor., ib. 113 f.).

Hebrew words it translates

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

מוּתmut“to die”89%
מָ֫וֶתma.vet“death”6%
גָּוַעga.va“to die”1%
מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּmat.tit.yah“Mattithiah”1%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

111 total

John 21:23ἀποθνήσκει · he would not die
Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
Acts 7:4ἀποθανεῖν · died
So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
Acts 9:37ἀποθανεῖν · died
At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
Acts 21:13ἀποθανεῖν · to die
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Acts 25:11ἀποθανεῖν · to die
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Romans 5:6ἀπέθανεν · died
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:7ἀποθανεῖται · die; ἀποθανεῖν · to die
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
Romans 5:8ἀπέθανεν · died
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:15ἀπέθανον · died
But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
Romans 6:2ἀπεθάνομεν · died
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Romans 6:7ἀποθανὼν · has died
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
Romans 6:8ἀπεθάνομεν · we died
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Romans 6:9ἀποθνῄσκει · He cannot die again
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Romans 6:10ἀπέθανεν · He died; ἀπέθανεν · He died
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
Romans 7:2ἀποθάνῃ · dies
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Romans 7:3ἀποθάνῃ · dies
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
Romans 7:6ἀποθανόντες · having died
But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Romans 7:9ἀπέθανον · died
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Romans 8:13ἀποθνήσκειν · die
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:34ἀποθανών · died
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
Romans 14:7ἀποθνῄσκει · dies
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
Romans 14:8ἀποθνήσκωμεν · we die; ἀποθνήσκομεν · we die; ἀποθνήσκωμεν · die
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:9ἀπέθανεν · died
For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Romans 14:15ἀπέθανεν · died
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 8:11ἀπέθανεν · died
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
1 Corinthians 9:15ἀποθανεῖν · die
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
1 Corinthians 15:3ἀπέθανεν · died
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:22ἀποθνήσκουσιν · die
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:31ἀποθνῄσκω · I face death
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:32ἀποθνήσκομεν · we die
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
1 Corinthians 15:36ἀποθάνῃ · it dies
You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
2 Corinthians 5:14ἀπέθανεν · died; ἀπέθανον · died
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:15ἀπέθανεν · He died; ἀποθανόντι · died
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 6:9ἀποθνήσκοντες · dying
…unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
Galatians 2:19ἀπέθανον · died
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
Galatians 2:21ἀπέθανεν · died
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Philippians 1:21ἀποθανεῖν · to die
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Colossians 2:20ἀπεθάνετε · you have died
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
Colossians 3:3ἀπεθάνετε · you died
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
1 Thessalonians 4:14ἀπέθανεν · died
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:10ἀποθανόντος · died
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Hebrews 7:8ἀποθνῄσκοντες · mortal
In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
Hebrews 9:27ἀποθανεῖν · to die
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Hebrews 10:28ἀποθνήσκει · died
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.