Murderer
ἀνδροφόνοςStrong’s G0409androphonos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Androphonos is the Greek word usually translated “slayers of man”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”
Meaning
Usually translated “slayers of man”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- for slayers of man 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀνδροφόνος androphonos · murderer
ἀνδρο-φόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: 2Ma.9:28 * ;] a man-slayer: 1Ti.1:9 (cf. φονεύς, and see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “murderer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUR'DERER, noun
A person who in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
- A small piece of ordnance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.