Apothnēskō ἀποθνήσκω

Apothnēskō (Greek ἀποθνήσκω, Strong's G599) is a Greek verb meaning “to die”. It occurs 112 times in 101 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Death

Verses

Every verse with Apothnēskō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 8:32
  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.“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 9:24
  He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
• Matthew 22:24
  Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.“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.
• Matthew 22:27
  And last of all the woman died also.And last of all, the woman died.
• Matthew 26:35
  Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Mark

• Mark 5:35
  While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
• Mark 5:39
  And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
• Mark 9:26
  And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He 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.”
• Mark 12:19
  Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.“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.
• Mark 12:20
  Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
• Mark 12:21
  And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.
• Mark 12:22
  And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.
• Mark 15:44
  And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

Luke

• Luke 8:42
  For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
• Luke 8:52
  And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
• Luke 8:53
  And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
• Luke 16:22
  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;One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
• Luke 20:28
  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.“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.
• Luke 20:29
  There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
• Luke 20:30
  And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.Then the second
• Luke 20:31
  And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
• Luke 20:32
  Last of all the woman died also.And last of all, the woman died.
• Luke 20:36
  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.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.

John

• John 4:47
  When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea 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.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.
• John 4:49
  The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
• John 6:49
  Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
• John 6:50
  This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
• John 6:58
  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.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.”
• John 8:21
  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.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.”
• John 8:24
  I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.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.”
• John 8:52
  Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.“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.
• John 8:53
  Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
• John 11:14
  Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
• John 11:16
  Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
• John 11:21
  Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
• John 11:25
  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• John 11:26
  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
• John 11:32
  Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.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.”
• John 11:37
  And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
• John 11:50
  Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
• John 11:51
  And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
• John 12:24
  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.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.
• John 12:33
  This he said, signifying what death he should die.He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
• John 18:14
  Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
• John 18:32
  That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
• John 19:7
  The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.“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.”
• John 21:23
  Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?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?”

Acts

• Acts 7:4
  Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.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.
• Acts 9:37
  And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
• Acts 21:13
  Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.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.”
• Acts 25:11
  For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.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!”

Romans

• Romans 5:6
  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
• Romans 5:7
  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
• Romans 5:8
  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 5:15
  But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.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!
• Romans 6:2
  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
• Romans 6:7
  For he that is dead is freed from sin.For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
• Romans 6:8
  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
• Romans 6:9
  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
• Romans 6:10
  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
• Romans 7:2
  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.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.
• Romans 7:3
  So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.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.
• Romans 7:6
  But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.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.
• Romans 7:10
  And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
• 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.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.
• Romans 8:34
  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.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.
• Romans 14:7
  For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
• Romans 14:8
  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.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.
• Romans 14:9
  For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Romans 14:15
  But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ 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.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 8:11
  And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
• 1 Corinthians 9:15
  But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.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.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3
  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• 1 Corinthians 15:22
  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
• 1 Corinthians 15:31
  I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 15:32
  If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we 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.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:36
  Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 5:14
  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
• 2 Corinthians 5:15
  And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.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.
• 2 Corinthians 6:9
  As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;

Galatians

• Galatians 2:19
  For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
• Galatians 2:21
  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

Philippians

• Philippians 1:21
  For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Colossians

• Colossians 2:20
  Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,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:
• Colossians 3:3
  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 4:14
  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.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.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 7:8
  And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
• Hebrews 9:27
  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Hebrews 10:28
  He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 11:4
  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.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.
• Hebrews 11:13
  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.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.
• Hebrews 11:21
  By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
• Hebrews 11:37
  They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;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.

Jude

• Jude 1:12
  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;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.

Revelation

• Revelation 3:2
  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
• Revelation 8:9
  And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
• Revelation 8:11
  And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.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.
• Revelation 9:6
  And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
• Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.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.”
• Revelation 16:3
  And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).