ἀποκτείνω
apokteinō
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)
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Concordance 70 verses
- 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 ἀποκτείνας
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 ἀποκτεινάντων
who 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 ἀπεκτάνθη
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- Revelation 2:23 ἀποκτενῶ
Then 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 ἀποκτεῖναι
Then 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 ἀποκτέννεσθαι
Then 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 ἀποκτείνωσιν
The 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 ἀποκτείνωσιν
So 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 ἀπεκτάνθησαν
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
- Revelation 9:20 ἀπεκτάνθησαν
Now 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 ἀποκτενεῖ
When 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 ἀπεκτάνθησαν
And 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 ἀποκτανθῆναιἀποκτανθῆναι
“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 ἀπεκτάνθησαν
And 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.