Definition
θνήσκω
[in LXX chiefly for מוּת ;]
to die; pf. (M, Pr., 114), to be dead: Matthew 2:20, Mark 15:44, Luke 7:12; 8:49, John 11:44; 19:33, Acts 14:19; 25:19; metaphorically, of spiritual death, 1 Timothy 5:6 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-απο-θνήσκω).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θνῄσκω:
- מוּתmut“to die”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Matthew 2:20τεθνήκασιν · are now dead“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
- Mark 15:44τέθνηκεν · [Jesus] was already deadPilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
- Luke 7:12τεθνηκὼς · a dead manAs He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- Luke 8:49Τέθνηκεν · is deadWhile He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
- John 11:44τεθνηκὼς · had been deadThe man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
- John 19:33τεθνηκότα · deadBut when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
- Acts 14:19τεθνηκέναι · was deadThen some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
- Acts 25:19τεθνηκότος · [who] had diedThey only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- 1 Timothy 5:6τέθνηκεν · is deadBut she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.