ἀπο-κτείνω (also in late forms -κτέννω, Mat.10:28, a1., LTTr., -κτεννύω, Mrk.12:5, WH), [in LXX for הָרַג, מוּת ;] to kill: Mat.14:5, al.; before instr. ἐν (which see), Eph.2:16, Rev.2:23, al. Metaphorical: Rom.7:11; τ. ἔχθραν, Eph.2:16; τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει 2Co.3:6 (on the perfective force of this verb, see M, Pr., 114) (AS)
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apokteinō · to kill · Greek
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Matthew 10:28 · ἀποκτεννόντων · ἀποκτεῖναι·Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.Matthew 14:5 · ἀποκτεῖναιAlthough Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.Matthew 16:21 · ἀποκτανθῆναιFrom that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.Matthew 17:23 · ἀποκτενοῦσινThey will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.Matthew 21:35 · ἀπέκτειναν,But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.Matthew 21:38 · ἀποκτείνωμενBut when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’Matthew 21:39 · ἀπέκτειναν.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.Matthew 22:6 · ἀπέκτειναν.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.Matthew 23:34 · ἀποκτενεῖτεBecause of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.Matthew 23:37 · ἀποκτείνουσαO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Matthew 24:9 · ἀποκτενοῦσινThen they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.Matthew 26:4 · ἀποκτείνωσιν.and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.Mark 3:4 · ἀποκτεῖναι;And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.Mark 6:19 · ἀποκτεῖναιSo Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,Mark 8:31 · ἀποκτανθῆναιThen He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.Mark 9:31 · ἀποκτενοῦσιν · ἀποκτανθεὶςbecause He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”Mark 10:34 · ἀποκτενοῦσινwho will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”Mark 12:5 · ἀπέκτειναν, · ἀποκτέννοντες.He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.Mark 12:7 · ἀποκτείνωμενBut the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’Mark 12:8 · ἀπέκτεινανSo they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.Mark 14:1 · ἀποκτείνωσιν·Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.Luke 9:22 · ἀποκτανθῆναι“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”Luke 11:47 · ἀπέκτεινανWoe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.Luke 11:48 · ἀπέκτεινανSo you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.Luke 11:49 · ἀποκτενοῦσινBecause of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’Luke 12:4 · ἀποκτεινόντωνI tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.Luke 12:5 · ἀποκτεῖναιBut I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!Luke 13:4 · ἀπέκτεινενOr those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?Luke 13:31 · ἀποκτεῖναι.¶At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”Luke 13:34 · ἀποκτείνουσαO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Luke 18:33 · ἀποκτενοῦσινThey will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”Luke 20:14 · ἀποκτείνωμενBut when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’Luke 20:15 · ἀπέκτειναν.So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?John 5:18 · ἀποκτεῖναι,Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.John 7:1 · ἀποκτεῖναι.After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.John 7:19 · ἀποκτεῖναι;Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”John 7:20 · ἀποκτεῖναι;¶“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”John 7:25 · ἀποκτεῖναι;Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?John 8:22 · ἀποκτενεῖSo the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”John 8:37 · ἀποκτεῖναι,I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.John 8:40 · ἀποκτεῖναι,But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.John 11:53 · ἀποκτείνωσινSo from that day on they plotted to kill Him.John 12:10 · ἀποκτείνωσιν,So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,John 16:2 · ἀποκτείναςThey will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.John 18:31 · ἀποκτεῖναι“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.Acts 3:15 · ἀπεκτείνατεYou killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.Acts 7:52 · ἀπέκτεινανWhich of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—Acts 21:31 · ἀποκτεῖναιWhile they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.Acts 23:12 · ἀποκτείνωσινWhen daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Acts 23:14 · ἀποκτείνωμενThey went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.Acts 27:42 · ἀποκτείνωσιν,The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.Romans 7:11 · ἀπέκτεινεν·For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.Romans 11:3 · ἀπέκτειναν,“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?2 Corinthians 3:6 · ἀποκτέννει,And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Ephesians 2:16 · ἀποκτείναςand reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.1 Thessalonians 2:15 · ἀποκτεινάντωνwho killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,Revelation 2:13 · ἀπεκτάνθηI know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.Revelation 2:23 · ἀποκτενῶThen I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.Revelation 6:8 · ἀποκτεῖναιThen I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.Revelation 6:11 · ἀποκτέννεσθαιThen each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.Revelation 9:5 · ἀποκτείνωσινThe locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.Revelation 9:15 · ἀποκτείνωσινSo the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.Revelation 9:18 · ἀπεκτάνθησανA third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.Revelation 9:20 · ἀπεκτάνθησανNow the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.Revelation 11:5 · ἀποκτανθῆναι.If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.Revelation 11:7 · ἀποκτενεῖWhen the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.Revelation 11:13 · ἀπεκτάνθησανAnd in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.Revelation 13:10 · ἀποκτανθῆναι, · ἀποκτανθῆναι·“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.Revelation 13:15 · ἀποκτανθῶσιν.The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.Revelation 19:21 · ἀπεκτάνθησανAnd the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.