Apokteinō ἀποκτείνω

Apokteinō (Greek ἀποκτείνω, Strong's G615) is a Greek verb meaning “to kill”. It occurs 75 times in 71 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

Verses

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

Matthew

• Matthew 10:28
  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.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
  And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.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 forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.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
  And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
• Matthew 21:35
  And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
• Matthew 21:38
  But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.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
  And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
• Matthew 22:6
  And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
• Matthew 23:34
  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: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 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!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 shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.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 consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Mark

• Mark 3:4
  And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.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
  Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• Mark 8:31
  And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.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
  For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.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
  And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.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
  And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
• Mark 12:7
  But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.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
  And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
• Mark 14:1
  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.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

• Luke 9:22
  Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.“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 unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
• Luke 11:48
  Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
• Luke 11:49
  Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: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
  And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.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 forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.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, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?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
  The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.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, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!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
  And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
• Luke 20:14
  But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.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 cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

John

• John 5:16
  And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
• John 5:18
  Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.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 these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.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
  Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
• John 7:20
  The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
• John 7:25
  Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
• John 8:22
  Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.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 that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.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 ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.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
  Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
• John 12:10
  But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
• John 16:2
  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.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
  Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

Acts

• Acts 3:15
  And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
• Acts 7:52
  Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: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
  And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.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
  And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.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
  And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.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
  And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

Romans

• Romans 7:11
  For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.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 thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.“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

• 2 Corinthians 3:6
  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.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

• Ephesians 2:16
  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:15
  Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: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

• Revelation 2:13
  I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.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 2:23
  And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.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
  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.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 6:11
  And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.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 9:5
  And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.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 9:15
  And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.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 9:18
  By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
• Revelation 9:20
  And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: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 11:5
  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be 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 11:7
  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.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 11:13
  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.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 13:10
  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.“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 13:15
  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should 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 19:21
  And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.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.

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).