Lexical Summary thanatoō: to put to death Original Word: θανατόωTransliteration: thanatoō Phonetic Spelling: (than-at-o'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to put to death Meaning: to put to death Strong's Concordance become dead, put to death, kill, mortify. From thanatos to kill (literally or figuratively) -- become dead, (cause to be) put to death, kill, mortify. see GREEK thanatos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2289: θανατόωθανατόω, θανάτῳ; future θανατώσω; 1 aorist infinitive θανατῶσαι (3 person plural subjunctive θανατώσωσι, Matthew 26:59 R G); passive (present θανατοῦμαι); 1 aorist ἐθανατωθην; (from θάνατος); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for הֵמִית, הָרַג, etc. 1. properly, to put to death: τινα, Matthew 10:21; Matthew 26:59; Matthew 27:1; Mark 13:12; Mark 14:55; Luke 21:16; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Peter 3:18; passive, by rhetorical hyperbole, to be in the state of one who is being put to death, Romans 8:36. 2. metaphorically, a. to make to die i. e. destroy, render extinct (something vigorous), Vulg.mortifico (A. V. mortify): τί, Romans 8:13. b. passive with the dative of the thing, by death to be liberated from the bond of anything (literally, to be made dead in relation to; cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); Buttmann, 178 (155)): Romans 7:4. |
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