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To die

ἀποθνήσκωStrong’s G0599

apothnēskō

Appears in 100 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apothnēskō is the Greek word usually translated “died”, “die” and “having died”. It appears in 100 verses of the New Testament.

“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”
Jude 1:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “died”, “die” and “having died”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • died 27
  • to die 20
  • having died 7
  • shall die 6
  • dying 6
  • is dead 3
  • you will die 3
  • dies 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 24
  • Romans 18
  • Luke 10
  • Mark 8
  • 1 Corinthians 7
  • Hebrews 7

15 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 100 verses, by book
2 Corinthians 3
5:145:156:9
Galatians 2
2:192:21
Philippians 1
1:21
Colossians 2
2:203:3
1 Thessalonians 2
4:145:10
Jude 1
1:12
Greek dictionary

ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō · to die

ἀπο-θνῄσκω, [in LXX chiefly for מוּת ;] to die: of natural death, Mrk.5:35, al.; of violent death (pass. of ἀποκτείνω), esp. of Christ, Mat.26:35, Jhn.12:33, Heb.10:28, al.; of spiritual death, Jhn.6:50, Rom.8:13, al.; with dative ref., Rom.6:2, 10 14:7, 8, Gal.2:19; accusative, ὅ, Rom.6:10; before ἐν, Mat.8:32, Jhn.8:21, 24 1Co.15:22, Heb.11:37, Rev.14:13; before ὑπέρ, περί, Jhn.11:50, 51 18:14, Rom.5:6-8 14:15, 1Co.15:3, 2Co.5:15, 1Th.5:10, 1Pe.3:18; ἀπό, Col.2:20; ἐκ, Rev.8:11; figuratively, 1Co.15:31 (cf. συν-αποθνήσκω, and V. Milligan, NTD, 258f.; DCG, i, 791b; Cremer, 286; MM, see word …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “die” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DIE, verb intransitive

[See Day.]

  1. To be deprived of respiration, of the circulation of blood, and other bodily functions, and rendered incapable of resuscitation, as animals, either by natural decay, by disease, or by violence; to cease to live; to expire; to decease; to perish; and with respect to man, to depart from this world.“All the first born in the land of Egypt shall die” Exodus 11:5“The fish that is in the river shall die” Exodus 7:18
  2. To be punished with death; to lose life for a crime, or for the sake of another.“Christ died for our sins” 1 Corinthians 15:3
  3. To come to an end; to cease; to be lost; to perish or come to nothing; as, let the secret die in your own breast.
  4. To sink; to faint.“His heart died withing him, and he became as a stone” 1 Samuel 25:37
All definitions and other forms of “die”
  1. To languish with pleasure or tenderness; followed by away.
  2. To languish with affection.
  3. To recede as sound, and become less distinct; to become less and less; or to vanish from the sight, or disappear gradually.
  4. To lose vegetable life; to wither; to perish; as plants or seeds.
  5. To become vapid or spiritless, as liquors; mostly used in the participle; as the cider or beer is dead.
  6. In theology, to perish everlastingly; to suffer divine wrath and punishment in the future world.
  7. To become indifferent to, or to cease to be under the power of; as, to die to sin.
  8. To endure great danger and distress.“I die daily” 1 Corinthians 15:31

DIE, noun

plural dice.

  1. A small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box.
  2. Any cubic body; a flat tablet.
  3. Hazard; chance.

DIE, noun

plural Dies. A stamp used in coining money, in founderies, etc.

    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.