θανατόω thanatoō

Greek word for “to kill” · Strong’s G2289 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

θανατόω, -ῶ; to put to death: with accusative, 26:59 27:1, 14:55; pass.. Metaphorical:; pass., with dative, (in relation to).†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thanatoō in context, with how often each is used:

• will put to death 3
• put to death 3
• may put to death 1
• might put to death 1
• face death 1
• being killed 1
• having been put to death 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 8 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 13 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 21 (1), Romans 7 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• θανατώσουσιν 3
• θανατῶσαι 2
• θανατώσωσιν 1
• ἐθανατώθητε 1
• θανατοῦτε 1
• θανατούμεθα 1
• θανατούμενοι 1
• θανατωθεὶς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thanatoō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γονεύς goneus “parent” 3
• ἐπανίστημι epanistēmi “to rebel against” 2
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 4
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 3
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 3
• συνέδριον sunedrion “council” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 4
• ὥστε hōste “so” 2
• τέκνον teknon “child” 2
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 2
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 2

Key verses

The verses using thanatoō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:21 — And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put…
• Matthew 26:59 — Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Matthew 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Mark 13:12 — Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to…
• Mark 14:55 — And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
• Luke 21:16 — And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
• Romans 7:4 — Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the…
• Romans 8:13 — For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
• Romans 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• 2 Corinthians 6:9 — As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.