ἀποθνήσκω
apothnēskō
“to die”
Definition
to die off (literally or figuratively)
from G575 (ἀπό) and G2348 (θνήσκω);
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Occurrences
ἀποθνήσκω appears 100 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
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