To kill

Usually translated “put to death”, “may put to death” and “might put to death”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• will put to death 2
• they may put to death 1
• they might put to death 1
• put to death 1
• they will put to death 1
• were put to death 1
• you put to death 1
• we face death 1

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

• Matthew 3
• Romans 3
• Mark 2
• Luke 1
• 2 Corinthians 1
• 1 Peter 1

6 books in all.

• To kill (harag)
• To kill (apokteinō)
• To murder (ratsach)
• To slay (qetal)

• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Matthew 27:1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Mark 13:12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
• Mark 14:55And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
• Luke 21:16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
• Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

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

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

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.