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ἀποθνήσκω

apothnēskōto dieHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb111 occurrences15 books100 verses

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:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

111 total
  1. Hebrews 11:4ἀποθανὼν · [even though] he is dead
    By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
  2. Hebrews 11:13ἀπέθανον · died
    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  3. Hebrews 11:21ἀποθνῄσκων · when he was dying
    By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
  4. Hebrews 11:37ἀπέθανον · they were put to death
    They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
  5. Jude 1:12ἀποθανόντα · dead
    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
  6. Revelation 3:2ἀποθανεῖν · to die
    Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
  7. Revelation 8:9ἀπέθανεν · died
    …a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
  8. Revelation 8:11ἀπέθανον · died
    The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
  9. Revelation 9:6ἀποθανεῖν · to die
    In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
  10. Revelation 14:13ἀποθνῄσκοντες · die
    And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
  11. Revelation 16:3ἀπέθανεν · died
    And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.