GreekG2288Noun (Masculine)

θάνατος

thanatos

106Occurrences
G2288Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)

from G2348 (θνήσκω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
death
1.of the death of the body, whether natural or violent
2.Of spiritual death
LXX: chiefly for מָוֶת,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

θάνατος appears 106 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
20
Revelation
15
2 Corinthians
8
Acts
8
Hebrews
8
John
8
1 Corinthians
7
Luke
7

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:26BSB

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Acts 22:4BSB

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

John 21:19BSB

Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God.And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

Mark 14:64BSB

You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?”And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.

Revelation 6:8BSB

Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

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