θνῄσκω

thnēskōto die/be deadHow to read Greek
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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:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. 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.”
  2. Mark 15:44τέθνηκεν · [Jesus] was already dead
    Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
  3. Luke 7:12τεθνηκὼς · a dead man
    As 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.
  4. Luke 8:49Τέθνηκεν · is dead
    While 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.”
  5. John 11:44τεθνηκὼς · had been dead
    The 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.
  6. John 19:33τεθνηκότα · dead
    But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
  7. Acts 14:19τεθνηκέναι · was dead
    Then 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.
  8. Acts 25:19τεθνηκότος · [who] had died
    They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
  9. 1 Timothy 5:6τέθνηκεν · is dead
    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.