To kill
ἀποκτείνωStrong’s G0615apokteinō
Appears in 71 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apokteinō is the Greek word usually translated “kill”, “may kill” and “killing”. It appears in 71 verses of the New Testament.
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Meaning
Usually translated “kill”, “may kill” and “killing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to kill 15
- they may kill 7
- killing 6
- to be killed 6
- they killed 5
- killed 5
- they will kill 4
- let us kill 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 14
- John 13
- Matthew 12
- Luke 12
- Mark 9
- Acts 6
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- Matthew 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- Matthew 17:23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
- Matthew 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Matthew 21:39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
All 71 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἀποκτείνω apokteinō · to kill
ἀπο-κτείνω (also in late forms -κτέννω, Mat.10:28, a1., LTTr., -κτεννύω, Mrk.12:5, WH), [in LXX for הָרַג, מוּת ;] to kill: Mat.14:5, al.; before instr. ἐν (which see), Eph.2:16, Rev.2:23, al. Metaphorical: Rom.7:11; τ. ἔχθραν, Eph.2:16; τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει 2Co.3:6 (on the perfective force of this verb, see M, Pr., 114) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KILL, verb transitive
- To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means.
- To butcher; to slaughter for food; as, to kill an ox.
- To quell; to appease; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
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.