ἀποκτείνω apokteínō

Greek · Strong's G615 · used 75 times in 71 verses

Meaning

to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy

In the King James Version: put to death, kill, slay

Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and (to slay);

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Where it is used

Matthew 10:28 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 Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
Matthew 16:21 From 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 They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
Matthew 21:35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 21:38 But 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 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matthew 22:6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Matthew 23:34 Because 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 O 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 Then 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 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Mark 3:4 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 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
Mark 8:31 Then 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 because 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 who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
Mark 12:5 He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
Mark 12:7 But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Mark 12:8 So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
Mark 14:1 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 “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 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
Luke 11:48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
Luke 11:49 Because 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 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
Luke 12:5 But 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 Or 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 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 O 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 They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
Luke 20:14 But 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 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
John 5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
John 5:18 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 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 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
John 7:20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
John 7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
John 8:22 So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
John 8:37 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 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 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
John 12:10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
John 16:2 They 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 “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 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
Acts 7:52 Which 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 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
Acts 23:12 When 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 They 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 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
Romans 7:11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
Romans 11:3 “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 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 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 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 I 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 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 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.