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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 10:28

• ἀποκτεννόντωνapoktennontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: killing
• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

Matthew 14:5

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 16:21

• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.

Matthew 17:23

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will kill

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 21:35

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they killed

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 21:38

• ἀποκτείνωμενapokteinomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us kill

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:39

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: killed

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 22:6

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: killed

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 in town after town.

Matthew 23:34

• ἀποκτενεῖτεapokteneiteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will kill

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 23:37

• ἀποκτείνουσαapokteinousaverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: killing

Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 24:9

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will kill

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Matthew 26:4

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may kill

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 3:4

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Mark 6:19

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 8:31

• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

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 9:31

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will kill
• ἀποκτανθεὶςapoktantheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been killed

who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

Mark 10:34

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will kill

He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

Mark 12:5

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they killed
• ἀποκτέννοντεςapoktennontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: killing

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Mark 12:7

• ἀποκτείνωμενapokteinomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us kill

So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Mark 12:8

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they killed

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.

Mark 14:1

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

“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 9:22

• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 11:47

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: killed

So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Luke 11:48

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: killed

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 11:49

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will kill

I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

Luke 12:4

• ἀποκτεινόντωνapokteinontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: killing

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 12:5

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: killing

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 13:4

• ἀπέκτεινενapekteinenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: killed

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 13:31

• ἀποκτεῖναι.¶apokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 13:34

• ἀποκτείνουσαapokteinousaverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: killing

They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

Luke 18:33

• ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will kill

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 20:14

• ἀποκτείνωμενapokteinomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us kill

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Luke 20:15

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they killed

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 5:18

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

John 7:1

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

John 7:19

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

John 7:20

• ἀποκτεῖναι;¶apokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

John 7:25

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

John 8:22

• ἀποκτενεῖapokteneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will He kill

I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

John 8:37

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 8:40

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

John 11:53

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

John 12:10

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

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 16:2

• ἀποκτείναςapokteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having killed

“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

John 18:31

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to put to death

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

Acts 3:15

• ἀπεκτείνατεapekteinateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you killed

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 7:52

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they killed

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

Acts 21:31

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 23:12

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

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 23:14

• ἀποκτείνωμενapokteinomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may kill

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

Acts 27:42

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

Romans 7:11

• ἀπέκτεινενapekteinenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: put to death

“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”?

Romans 11:3

• ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have killed

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.

2 Corinthians 3:6

• ἀποκτέννειapoktenneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: kills

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

Ephesians 2:16

• ἀποκτείναςapokteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having slain

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,

1 Thessalonians 2:15

• ἀποκτεινάντωνapokteinantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having killed

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 2:13

• ἀπεκτάνθηapektantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was killed

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 2:23

• ἀποκτενῶapoktenoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will kill

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 6:8

• ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to kill

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 6:11

• ἀποκτέννεσθαιapoktennesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

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 9:5

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

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 9:15

• ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may kill

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

Revelation 9:18

• ἀπεκτάνθησανapektanthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: was killed

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 9:20

• ἀπεκτάνθησανapektanthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were killed

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 11:5

• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

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 11:7

• ἀποκτενεῖapokteneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will kill

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 11:13

• ἀπεκτάνθησανapektanthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were killed

“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 13:10

• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is to be killed
• ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be killed

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 13:15

• ἀποκτανθῶσινapoktanthosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall be killed

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.

Revelation 19:21

• ἀπεκτάνθησανapektanthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were killed