Death
θάνατοςStrong’s G2288thanatos
Appears in 106 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thanatos is the Greek word usually translated “death”, “o death” and “deaths”. It appears in 106 verses of the New Testament.
“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
Meaning
Usually translated “death”, “o death” and “deaths”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- death 78
- of death 29
- to death 3
- in death 2
- o death 2
- a death 1
- deaths 1
- unto death 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 20
- Revelation 15
- John 8
- Acts 8
- 2 Corinthians 8
- Hebrews 8
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matthew 16:28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
- Matthew 20:18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
- Matthew 26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
- Matthew 26:66What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
All 106 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
θάνατος thanatos · death
θάνατος, -ου, ὁ (θνήσκω), [in LXX chiefly for מָוֶת ,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר ;] death; 1. of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jhn.11:13, Php.2:27, Heb.7:23, al; opposite to ζωή, Rom.8:38, Php.1:20; of the death of Christ, Rom.5:10, Php.3:10, Heb.2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ., 2Co.1:10, Heb.5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Mat.26:38, Mrk.14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Php.2:8, Rev.2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Rev.13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luk.2:26, Heb.11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mrk.9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mrk.14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν ( Exo.21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mrk.7:10; death personified, Rom.6: …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “death” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEATH, noun
deth.
- That state of a being, animal or vegetable, but more particularly of an animal, in which there is a total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions, when the organs have not only ceased to act, but have lost the susceptibility of renewed action.
- The state of the dead; as the gates of death Job 38:17
- The manner of dying.“Thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas” Ezekiel 28:8“Let me die the death of the righteous” Numbers 23:10
- The image of mortality represented by a skeleton; as a death's head.
All definitions
- Murder; as a man of death
- Cause of death“O thou man of God, there is death in the pot” 2 Kings 4:40
- Destroyer or agent of death; as, he will be the death of his poor father.
- In poetry, the means or instrument of death; as an arrow is called the feathered death; a ball, a leaden death
- In theology, perpetual separation from God, and eternal torments; called the second death Revelation 2:10
- Separation or alienation of the soul from God; a being under the dominion of sin, and destitute of grace or divine life; called spiritual death
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.