ἀποθνήσκωapothnḗskō
to die off (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G599
Meanings
to die: of natural death, Mark 5:35, and elsewhere; of violent death (passive of ἀποκτείνω), especially of Christ, Matthew 26:35, John 12:33, Hebrews 10:28, and elsewhere; of spiritual death, John 6:50, Romans 8:13, and elsewhere; with dative ref., Romans 6:2, Romans 6:10, Romans 14:7, Romans 14:8, Galatians 2:19; accusative, ὅ, Romans 6:10; followed by ἐν, Matthew 8:32, John 8:21, John 8:24, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Hebrews 11:37, Revelation 14:13; followed by ὑπέρ, περί, John 11:50, John 11:51, John 18:14, Romans 5:6-8, Romans 14:15, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 2 Corinthians 5:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, 1 Peter 3:18; ἀπό, Colossians 2:20; ἐκ, Revelation 8:11; figuratively, 1 Corinthians 15:31.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 110 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 8:32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
- Matthew 9:24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
- Matthew 22:24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.’
- Matthew 22:27 Last of all, the woman also died.
- Matthew 26:35 “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.
- Mark 5:35 While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”
See every passage
- Matthew 8:32, 9:24, 22:24, 22:27, 26:35
- Mark 5:35, 5:39, 9:26, 12:19, 12:20, 12:21, 12:22, 15:44
- Luke 8:42, 8:52, 8:53, 16:22, 20:28, 20:29, 20:31, 20:32, 20:36
- John 4:47, 4:49, 6:49, 6:50, 6:58, 8:21, 8:24, 8:52, 8:53, 11:14, 11:16, 11:21, 11:25, 11:26, 11:32, 11:37, 11:50, 11:51, 12:24, 12:33, 18:14, 18:32, 19:7, 21:23
- Acts 7:4, 9:37, 21:13, 25:11
- Romans 5:6, 5:7, 5:8, 5:15, 6:2, 6:7, 6:8, 6:9, 6:10, 7:2, 7:3, 7:6, 8:13, 8:34, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:15
- 1 Corinthians 8:11, 9:15, 15:3, 15:22, 15:31, 15:32, 15:36
- 2 Corinthians 5:14, 5:15, 6:9
- Galatians 2:19, 2:21
- Philippians 1:21
- Colossians 2:20, 3:3
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 5:10
- Hebrews 7:8, 9:27, 10:28, 11:4, 11:13, 11:21, 11:37
- Jude 1:12
- Revelation 3:2, 8:9, 8:11, 9:6, 14:13, 16:3
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.