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θάνατος
thánatos · Greek · Strong's G2288 · 120 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “death”
What it means
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
from G2348 (θνήσκω);
How the KJV renders it
x deadly, death
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“death”
also renders apothnḗskō (G599), teleutḗ (G5054), anaíresis (G336), Mûwth (H4192), môwth (H4193), mâveth (H4194), mâmôwth (H4463), tᵉmûwthâh (H8546)
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Where it appears
120 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:22 · N-NSM
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
1 Corinthians 11:26 · N-ASM
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 15:21 · N-NSM
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
1 Corinthians 15:26 · N-NSM
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
1 Corinthians 15:54 · N-NSM
But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:55 · N-VSM
“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:56 N-GSM1 John 3:14 N-DSM1 John 5:16 N-ASM1 John 5:17 N-ASM2 Corinthians 1:9 N-GSM2 Corinthians 1:10 N-GSM2 Corinthians 2:16 N-ASM2 Corinthians 3:7 N-GSM2 Corinthians 4:11 N-ASM2 Corinthians 4:12 N-NSM2 Corinthians 7:10 N-ASM2 Corinthians 11:23 N-DPM2 Timothy 1:10 N-ASMActs 2:24 N-GSMActs 13:28 N-GSMActs 22:4 N-GSMActs 23:29 N-GSMActs 25:11 N-GSMActs 25:25 N-GSMActs 26:31 N-GSMActs 28:18 N-GSMColossians 1:22 N-GSMHebrews 2:9 N-GSMHebrews 2:14 N-GSMHebrews 2:15 N-GSMHebrews 5:7 N-GSMHebrews 7:23 N-DSMHebrews 9:15 N-GSMHebrews 9:16 N-ASMHebrews 11:5 N-ASMJames 1:15 N-ASMJames 5:20 N-GSMJohn 5:24 N-GSMJohn 8:51 N-ASMJohn 8:52 N-GSMJohn 11:4 N-ASMJohn 11:13 N-GSMJohn 12:33 N-DSMJohn 18:32 N-DSMJohn 21:19 N-DSMLuke 1:79 N-GSMLuke 2:26 N-ASMLuke 9:27 N-GSMLuke 22:33 N-ASMLuke 23:15 N-GSMLuke 23:22 N-GSMLuke 24:20 N-GSMMatthew 4:16 N-GSMMatthew 10:21 N-ASMMatthew 15:4 N-DSMMatthew 16:28 N-GSMMatthew 20:18 N-ASMMatthew 26:38 N-GSMMatthew 26:66 N-GSM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.