BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G443
anthrōpoktonos — murderer
ἀνθρωποκτόνος, -ον (κτείνω, to kill) a murderer, manslayer (Eur.; see MM, VGT, see word): Jhn.8:44, 1Jn.3:16.† SYN.: φονεύς, ἀνδροφόνος (see Tr., Syn, § 83) (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →One who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of refuge (Num. 35:6, 12, 22, 23), his compulsory residence in which terminated with the death of the high priest. (See CITY OF REFUGE.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
