ἀποθνήσκω
to die
‘to die’ is one of 5 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Aorist-tense verb in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G599 appears in the Book of 2 Corinthians — 2 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 ἀπέθανεν ἀπέθανον ἀπέθανεν ἀποθανόντι aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg aor act ptcp dat sg masc He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9 ἀποθνῄσκοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
αποθνησκω — transliterated apothnḗskō — is a Greek verb carrying the sense “to die.” Its lexical range runs to 5 senses. Spanning 100 verses in 16 books, it ranks among the moderately common words of the Greek New Testament. Debuting at Matthew 8:32, it then recurs through the corpus. From the same root come απο, απαγγελλω and απαγχομαι. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G599 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 100
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 100 distinct verses.
- 16 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 16 of 27 New Testament books.
- #149
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 149 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 100 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 100 distinct verses.
- Gospels 46 verses · 46%
- Pauline corpus 35 verses · 35%
- Johannine 30 verses · 30%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 13 verses · 13%
- Hebrews 7 verses · 7%
- Revelation 6 verses · 6%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 2 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Die 30×, Died 28×, Dead 6×
- American Standard Version: Died 30×, Die 28×, Dead 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Died 37×, Die 23×, Dies 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Died 36×, Die 25×, Dies 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G599 across 121 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G599 across 113 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G599 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G599 across 125 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 5 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- of the natural death of man
- of the violent death of man or animals
- to perish by means of something
- of trees which dry up, of seeds which rot when planted
- of eternal death, to be subject to eternal misery in hell
Word origin
Derived from απο (apó) (G575) — from.
Forms in the corpus
The 25 distinct written forms G599 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G599, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- απαγγελλω apangéllō G518 to report
- απαγχομαι apánchomai G519 to strangle
- απαγω apágō G520 to lead away
- απαιρω apaírō G522 to take away
- απαιτεω apaitéō G523 to demand back
- απαλγεω apalgéō G524 to cease grieving
- απαλλασσω apallássō G525 to depart
- απαλλοτριοω apallotrióō G526 to estrange
- απανταω apantáō G528 to meet
- απαρνεομαι aparnéomai G533 to deny
- απαρτι apárti G534 henceforth
- απαρχη aparchḗ G536 to offer firstfruits
- απαυγασμα apaúgasma G541 brightness
- απειδω apeídō G542 to look away
- απειμι ápeimi G548 to depart
- απειμι ápeimi G549 to depart
- απειπομην apeipómēn G550 to declare
- απεκδεχομαι apekdéchomai G553 waiting for
- απεκδυομαι apekdýomai G554 to despoil
- απελαυνω apelaúnō G556 to drive away
- απελεγμος apelegmós G557 censure
- απελευθερος apeleútheros G558 freedman
- απελπιζω apelpízō G560 not despairing
- απεναντι apénanti G561 opposite
+85 more words share this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 111 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αποθνησκω appears 463 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 429 verses in 27 books.
- 463
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 429
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:17 ἀποθνήσκω
- Exodus 10:28 ἀποθνήσκω
- Leviticus 8:35 ἀποθνήσκω
- Numbers 1:51 ἀποθνήσκω
- Deuteronomy 2:14 ἀποθνήσκω
- Joshua 1:18 ἀποθνήσκω
- Judges 1:7 ἀποθνήσκω
- Ruth 1:3 ἀποθνήσκω
- 1 Samuel 2:34 ἀποθνήσκω
- 2 Samuel 1:1 ἀποθνήσκω
- 1 Kings 2:1 ἀποθνήσκω
- 2 Kings 1:1 ἀποθνήσκω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G599) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 429. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:17 ἀποθνήσκω but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
- Genesis 3:3 ἀποθνήσκω but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:4 ἀποθνήσκω The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
- Genesis 5:5 ἀποθνήσκω All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:8 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:11 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:14 ἀποθνήσκω and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:17 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:20 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:27 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:31 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
- Genesis 7:21 ἀποθνήσκω All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- Genesis 7:22 ἀποθνήσκω All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
- Genesis 9:11 ἀποθνήσκω I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
- Genesis 9:29 ἀποθνήσκω All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
- Genesis 11:11 ἀποθνήσκω Shem lived after he became the father of Arpachshad five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:13 ἀποθνήσκω Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Shelah four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:15 ἀποθνήσκω and Shelah lived after he became the father of Eber four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:17 ἀποθνήσκω Eber lived after he became the father of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:19 ἀποθνήσκω Peleg lived after he became the father of Reu two hundred nine years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:21 ἀποθνήσκω Reu lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:23 ἀποθνήσκω Serug lived after he became the father of Nahor two hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:25 ἀποθνήσκω Nahor lived after he became the father of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:28 ἀποθνήσκω Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:32 ἀποθνήσκω The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
- Genesis 19:19 ἀποθνήσκω See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
- Genesis 20:3 ἀποθνήσκω But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
- Genesis 20:7 ἀποθνήσκω Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
- Genesis 23:2 ἀποθνήσκω Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Genesis 25:8 ἀποθνήσκω Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 25:11 ἀποθνήσκω It happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
- Genesis 25:17 ἀποθνήσκω These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 26:9 ἀποθνήσκω Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
- Genesis 26:18 ἀποθνήσκω Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Genesis 27:4 ἀποθνήσκω Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."
- Genesis 27:7 ἀποθνήσκω 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
- Genesis 27:10 ἀποθνήσκω You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."
- Genesis 33:13 ἀποθνήσκω Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
- Genesis 35:8 ἀποθνήσκω Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.
- Genesis 35:18 ἀποθνήσκω It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:19 ἀποθνήσκω Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
- Genesis 35:29 ἀποθνήσκω Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
- Genesis 36:33 ἀποθνήσκω Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:34 ἀποθνήσκω Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:35 ἀποθνήσκω Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:36 ἀποθνήσκω Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:37 ἀποθνήσκω Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:38 ἀποθνήσκω Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:39 ἀποθνήσκω Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 38:11 ἀποθνήσκω Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G599) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
