ἀποκτείνω
apokteínō
“to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
also spelled ἀποκτέννω or ἀποκτένω, to kill, Mt. 14:5; to destroy, annihilate, Mt. 10:28; to destroy a hostile principle, Eph. 2:16; met. to kill by spiritual condemnation, Rom. 7:11; 2 Cor. 3:6
Translated in KJV as
put to deathkillslay
Etymology
from G575 (ἀπό) and (to slay);
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