Strong's Lexicon
G599 — ἀποθνήσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G599 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποθνήσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G2348 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 111 |
| Transliteration: | apothnesko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-oth-nace'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to die off {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποθνῄσκω, imperfect ἀπέθνῃσκον (Luk 8:42); 2 aorist ἀπέθανον; future ἀποθανοῦμαι, Rom 5:7; Joh 8:21; Joh 8:24 (see θνῄσκω); found in Greek writings from Homer down; to die (ἀπό, so as to be no more; (cf. Latinemorior; English die off or out, pass away); German absterben,versterben);
I. used properly
1. of the natural death of men: Mat 9:24; Mat 22:24; Luk 16:22; Joh 4:47; Rom 7:2, and very often; ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀποθνῄσκοντες subject to death, mortal, Heb 7:8 (Buttmann, 206 (178)).
2. of the violent death — both of animals, Mat 8:32, and of men, Mat 26:35; Act 21:13 etc.; 1Pe 3:18 L T Tr WH text; ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας, Heb 11:37; of the punishment of death, Heb 10:28; often of the violent death which Christ suffered, as Joh 12:33; Rom 5:6, etc.
3. Phrases: ἀποθνῄσκειν ἐκ τίνος, to perish by means of something, (cf. English to die of), Rev 8:11; ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτία, ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις, fixed in sin, hence, to die unreformed, Joh 8:21; Joh 8:24; ἐν τῷ Ἀδάμ by connection with Adam, 1Co 15:22; ἐν κυρίῳ in fellowship with, and trusting in, the Lord, Rev 14:13; ἀποθνῄσκειν τί, to die a certain death, Rom 6:10 (θάνατον μακρόν, Chariton, p. 12, D’Orville edition (l. i. c. 8, p. 17, 6, Beck edition; cf. Winers Grammar, 227 (213); Buttmann, 149 (130))); τῇ ἁμαρτία, used of Christ, ’that he might not have to busy himself more with the sin of men,’ Rom 6:10; ἑαυτῷ to become one’s own master, independent, by dying, Rom 14:7 (cf. Meyer); τῷ κυρίῳ to become subject to the Lord’s will by dying, Rom 14:8 (cf. Meyer); διά τινα i. e. to save one, 1Co 8:11; on the phrases ἀποθνῄσκειν περί and ὑπέρ τίνος, see περί, the passage cited δ. and ὑπέρ I. 2 and 3. Oratorically, although the proper signification of the verb is retained, καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀποθνῄσκω I meet death daily, live daily in danger of death, 1Co 15:31, cf. 2Co 6:9.
4. of trees which dry up, Jud 1:12; of seeds, which while being resolved into their elements in the ground seem to perish by rotting, Joh 12:24; 1Co 15:36.
II. tropically, in various senses;
1. of eternal death, as it is called, i. e. to be subject to eternal misery, and that, too, already beginning on earth: Rom 8:13; Joh 6:50; Joh 11:26.
2. of moral death, in various senses;
a. to be deprived of real life, i. e. especially of the power of doing right, of confidence in God and the hope of future blessedness, Rom 7:10; of the spiritual torpor of those who have fallen from the fellowship of Christ, the fountain of true life, Rev 3:2.
b. with the dative of the thing (cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); 428 (398); Buttmann, 178 (155)), to become wholly alienated from a thing, and freed from all connection with it: τῷ νόμῳ, Gal 2:19, which must also be supplied with ἀποθανόντες (for so we must read for Rec.elz ἀποθανόντος) in Rom 7:6 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 159 (150)); τῇ ἁμαρτία, Rom 6:2 (in another sense in Rom 6:10; see I. 3 above); ἀπό τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου so that your relation to etc. has passed away, Col 2:20 (ἀπό τῶν παθῶν, Porphyry, de abst. animal. 1, 41 (cf. Buttmann, 322 (277); Winer’s Grammar, 370 (347))); true Christians are said simply ἀποθανεῖν, as having put off all sensibility to worldly things that draw them away from God, Col 3:3; since they owe this habit of mind to the death of Christ, they are said also ἀποθανεῖν σύν Χριστῷ, Rom 6:8; Col 2:20. (Compare: συναποθνῄσκω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποθνήσκω (be dead)
Matthew 8:32
- KJV: And he said unto them Go And when they were come out they went into the herd of swine and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς υπάγετε οι δε εξελθόντες απήλθον εις την αγέλην των χοίρων και ιδού ώρμησε πάσα η αγέλη των χοίρων κατά του κρημνού εις την θάλασσαν και απέθανον εν τοις ύδασιν
Matthew 9:24
- KJV: He said unto them Give place for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorn
- GK: λέγει αυτοίς αναχωρείτε ου γαρ απέθανε το κοράσιον αλλά καθεύδει και κατεγέλων αυτού
Matthew 22:24
- KJV: Saying Master Moses said If a man die having no children his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother
- GK: λέγοντες διδάσκαλε Μωσής είπεν εάν τις αποθάνη μη έχων τέκνα επιγαμβρεύσει ο αδελφός αυτού την γυναίκα αυτού και αναστήσει σπέρμα τω αδελφώ αυτού
Matthew 22:27
- KJV: And last of all the woman died also
- GK: ύστερον δε πάντων απέθανε και η γυνή
Matthew 26:35
- KJV: Peter said unto him Though I should die with thee yet will I not deny thee Likewise also said all the disciples
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Πέτρος καν δέη με συν σοι αποθανείν ου σε απαρνήσομαι ομοίως και πάντες οι μαθηταί είπον
Mark 5:35
- KJV: While he yet spake there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s which said Thy daughter is dead why troublest thou the Master any further
- GK: έτι αυτού λαλούντος έρχονται από του αρχισυναγώγου λέγοντες ότι η θυγάτηρ σου απέθανε τι έτι σκύλλεις τον διδάσκαλον
Mark 5:39
- KJV: And when he was come in he saith unto them Why make ye this ado and weep the damsel is not dead but sleepeth
- GK: και εισελθών λέγει αυτοίς τι θορυβείσθε και κλαίετε το παίδιον ουκ απέθανεν αλλά καθεύδει
Mark 9:26
- KJV: And cried and rent him sore and came out and he was as one dead insomuch that many said He is dead
- GK: και κράξαν και πολλά σπαράξαν αυτόν εξήλθε και εγένετο ωσεί νεκρός ώστε πολλούς λέγειν ότι απέθανεν
Mark 12:19
- KJV: Master Moses wrote unto us If a man’s brother die and leave wife and leave no children that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother
- GK: διδάσκαλε Μωσής έγραψεν ημίν ότι εάν τινος αδελφός αποθάνη και καταλίπη γυναίκα και τέκνα μη αφή ίνα λάβη ο αδελφός αυτού την γυναίκα αυτού και εξαναστήση σπέρμα τω αδελφώ αυτού
Mark 12:20
- KJV: Now there were seven brethren and the first took a wife and dying left no seed
- GK: επτά αδελφοί ήσαν και ο πρώτος έλαβε γυναίκα και αποθνήσκων ουκ αφήκε σπέρμα
Mark 12:21
- KJV: And the second took her and died neither left he any seed and the third likewise
- GK: και ο δεύτερος έλαβεν αυτήν και απέθανε και ουδέ αυτός αφήκε σπέρμα και ο τρίτος ωσαύτως
Mark 12:22
- KJV: And the seven had her and left no seed last of all the woman died also
- GK: και έλαβον αυτήν οι επτά και ουκ αφήκαν σπέρμα εσχάτη πάντων απέθανε και η γυνή
Mark 15:44
- KJV: And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead and calling the centurion he asked him whether he had been any while dead
- GK: ο δε Πιλάτος εθαύμασεν ει ήδη τέθνηκε και προσκαλεσάμενος τον κεντυρίωνα επηρώτησεν αυτόν ει πάλαι απέθανεν
Luke 8:42
- KJV: For he had one only daughter about twelve years of age and she lay a dying But as he went the people thronged him
- GK: ότι θυγάτηρ μονογενής ην αυτώ ως ετών δώδεκα και αύτη απέθνησκεν εν δε τω υπάγειν αυτόν οι όχλοι συνέπνιγον αυτόν
Luke 8:52
- KJV: And all wept and bewailed her but he said Weep not she is not dead but sleepeth
- GK: έκλαιον δε πάντες και εκόπτοντο αυτήν ο δε είπε μη κλαίετε ουκ απέθανεν αλλά καθεύδει
Luke 8:53
- KJV: And they laughed him to scorn knowing that she was dead
- GK: και κατεγέλων αυτού ειδότες ότι απέθανεν
Luke 16:22
- KJV: And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom the rich man also died and was buried
- GK: εγένετο δε αποθανείν τον πτωχόν και απενεχθήναι αυτόν υπό των αγγέλων εις τον κόλπον του Αβραάμ απέθανε δε και ο πλούσιος και ετάφη
Luke 20:28
- KJV: Saying Master Moses wrote unto us If any man’s brother die having a wife and he die without children that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother
- GK: λέγοντες διδάσκαλε Μωσής έγραψεν ημίν εάν τινος αδελφός αποθάνη έχων γυναίκα και ούτος άτεκνος αποθάνη ίνα λάβη ο αδελφός αυτού την γυναίκα και εξαναστήση σπέρμα τω αδελφώ αυτού
Luke 20:29
- KJV: There were therefore seven brethren and the first took a wife and died without children
- GK: επτά ουν αδελφοί ήσαν και ο πρώτος λαβών γυναίκα απέθανεν άτεκνος
Luke 20:30
- KJV: And the second took her to wife and he died childless
- GK: και έλαβεν ο δεύτερος την γυναίκα και ούτος απέθανεν άτεκνος
Luke 20:31
- KJV: And the third took and in like manner the seven also and they left no children and died
- GK: και ο τρίτος έλαβεν αυτήν ωσαύτως δε και οι επτά και ου κατέλιπον τέκνα και απέθανον
Luke 20:32
- KJV: Last of all the woman died also
- GK: ύστερον δε πάντων απέθανεν και η γυνή
Luke 20:36
- KJV: Neither can they die any more for they are equal unto the angels and are the children of God being the children of the resurrection
- GK: ούτε γαρ αποθανείν έτι δύνανται ισάγγελοι γαρ εισι και υιοί εισι του θεού της αναστάσεως υιοί όντες
John 4:47
- KJV: When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee he went unto him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son for he was at the point of death
- GK: ούτος ακούσας ότι Ιησούς ήκει εκ της Ιουδαίας εις την Γαλιλαίαν απήλθε προς αυτόν και ηρώτα αυτόν ίνα καταβή και ιάσηται αυτού τον υιόν ήμελλε γαρ αποθνήσκειν
John 4:49
- KJV: The nobleman saith unto him Sir come down ere my child die
- GK: λέγει προς αυτόν ο βασιλικός κύριε κατάβηθι πριν αποθανείν το παιδίον μου
John 6:49
- KJV: Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead
- GK: οι πατέρες υμών έφαγον το μάννα εν τη ερήμω και απέθανον
John 6:50
- KJV: This is the bread which cometh down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die
- GK: ούτός εστιν ο άρτος ο εκ του ουρανού καταβαίνων ίνα τις εξ αυτού φάγη και μη αποθάνη
John 6:58
- KJV: This is that bread which came down from heaven not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever
- GK: ούτός εστιν ο άρτος ο εκ του ουρανού καταβάς ου καθώς έφαγον οι πατέρες υμών το μάννα και απέθανον ο τρώγων τούτον τον άρτον ζήσεται εις τον αιώνα
John 8:21
- KJV: Then said Jesus again unto them I go my way and ye shall seek me and shall die in your sins whither I go ye cannot come
- GK: είπεν ούν πάλιν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς εγώ υπάγω και ζητήσετέ με και εν τη αμαρτία υμών αποθανείσθε όπου εγώ υπάγω υμείς ου δύνασθε ελθείν
John 8:24
- KJV: I said therefore unto you that ye shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am ye shall die in your sins
- GK: είπον ούν υμίν ότι αποθανείσθε εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών εάν γαρ μη πιστεύσητε ότι εγώ ειμι αποθανείσθε εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών