Greek verb · G599
ἀποθνήσκω
apothneskoap-oth-nace'-ko
to die
110 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apothnḗskō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G599is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 27New Testament books
- 27spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G599
to die off (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apothnesko is rendered "to die". It stands 110 times in the Greek text, across fifteen books.
- Twenty-eight of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:32“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.
The first use
“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
Matthew 8:32ἀπέθανον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-eight of the word's 110 uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- died26
- to die20
- having died7
- dying6
- shall die6
- dies3
- He died3
- is dead3
- you will die3
- has died2
- have died2
- he dies2
and 21 more, 110 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποθήκη | apotheke | storehouse | Uses6 |
| ἀπόθεσις | apothesis | removal | Uses2 |
| ἀποθλίβω | apothlibo | to crowd up to | Uses1 |
| ἀποθησαυρίζω | apothesaurizo | to store up | Uses1 |
All 110, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
27 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπέθανεν31
- ἀποθανεῖν16
- ἀπέθανον11
- ἀποθάνῃ11
- ἀποθνῄσκει5
- ἀποθανεῖσθε3
- ἀποθανὼν3
- ἀποθνῄσκειν3
- ἀποθνῄσκοντες3
- ἀπεθάνετε2
- ἀπεθάνομεν2
- ἀποθνῄσκειν.¶2
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular32V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)16V-2AAN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular13V-2AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural10V-2AAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)5V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-FDI-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-PAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-2AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-2AAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-PAI-1P
Matthew
five uses
“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: perished
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is dead
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
And last of all, the woman died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Mark
eight uses
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is dead
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is dead
After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was dead
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
- ἀποθνῄσκωνapothneskonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dying
Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He had died
Luke
ten uses
because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
- ἀπέθνῃσκενapethneskenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was dying
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she is dead
And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she was dead
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Died
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
And last of all, the woman died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
John
twenty-eight uses
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
- ἀποθνῄσκεινapothneskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- ἀποθάνῃ.¶apothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may die
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
- ἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneistheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will die
That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
- ἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneistheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will die
- ἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneistheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will die
“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has died
Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
- ἀποθάνωμενapothanomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may die
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: be dead
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall die
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall die
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: have died
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
- ἀποθάνῃ;¶apothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may have died
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may die
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
- ἀποθνῄσκεινapothneskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it shall die
He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
- ἀποθνῄσκειν.¶apothneskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
- ἀποθνῄσκειν.¶apothneskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
- ἀποθνῄσκειapothneskeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: dies
- ἀποθνῄσκειapothneskeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he dies
Acts
four uses
So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: dying
At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Romans
twenty-two uses
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
- ἀποθανεῖταιapothaneitaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will die
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- ἀπεθάνομενapethanomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we died
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
- ἀποθανὼνapothanonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having died
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- ἀπεθάνομενapethanomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we died
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
- ἀποθνῄσκειapothneskeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: dies
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He died
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He died
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall die
But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
- ἀποθανόντεςapothanontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having died
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- ἀποθνῄσκεινapothneskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- ἀποθανὼνapothanonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having died
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
- ἀποθνῄσκειapothneskeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: dies
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- ἀποθνῄσκωμενapothneskomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall die
- ἀποθνῄσκομενapothneskomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we die
- ἀποθνῄσκωμενapothneskomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall die
For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
1 Corinthians
seven uses
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- ἀποθνῄσκουσινapothneskousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: die
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- ἀποθνῄσκωapothneskoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I die
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
- ἀποθνῄσκομενapothneskomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we die
You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- ἀποθάνῃapothaneverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may die
2 Corinthians
five uses
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has died
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have died
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He died
- ἀποθανόντιapothanontiverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: having died
as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
- ἀποθνῄσκοντεςapothneskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dying
Galatians
two uses
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: died
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- ἀπέθανεν.¶apethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
Philippians
one use
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Colossians
two uses
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- ἀπεθάνετεapethaneteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have died
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- ἀπεθάνετεapethaneteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You have died
1 Thessalonians
two uses
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- ἀποθανόντοςapothanontosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having died
Hebrews
seven uses
In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
- ἀποθνῄσκοντεςapothneskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dying
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- ἀποθνῄσκειapothneskeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he dies
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
- ἀποθανὼνapothanonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having died
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
- ἀποθνῄσκωνapothneskonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dying
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were killed
Jude
one use
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
- ἀποθανόνταapothanontaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: having died
Revelation
six uses
Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
- ἀπέθανονapethanonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: died
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
- ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to die
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- ἀποθνῄσκοντεςapothneskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dying
And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
- ἀπέθανενapethanenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: died
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