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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”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does John 8:58 mean ('before Abraham was, I am')?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
Where it appears
120 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:22 N-NSM1 Corinthians 11:26 N-ASM1 Corinthians 15:21 N-NSM1 Corinthians 15:26 N-NSM1 Corinthians 15:54 N-NSM1 Corinthians 15:55 N-VSM1 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.