G615 – apokteino – ἀποκτείνω to kill

Strong’s ID:
G615
Greek Word:
ἀποκτείνω
Transliteration:
apokteinō / apokteino
Pronunciation:
ap-ok-ti’-no
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from and κτεινω kteino (to slay)
Usage Count:
75
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Find “apokteino” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to kill

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from and κτεινω kteino (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:—put to death, kill, slay.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to kill in any way whatever
1a) to destroy, to allow to perish
2) metaphorically to extinguish, abolish
2a) to inflict mortal death
2b) to deprive of spiritual life and procure eternal misery in hell

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.