ἀποθνήσκω
apothnēskō
to die
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What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἀποθνήσκω (apothnēskō) is a verb that means "to die." With 112 occurrences in the Bible, it is a common term used to describe the end of life. Its usage is broad, encompassing physical death, as well as metaphorical death, such as spiritual death or the death of one's hopes and dreams. The significance of ἀποθνήσκω lies in its frequent association with themes of mortality, suffering, and the afterlife. It is often used in contexts where death is a consequence of sin, disease, or violence, highlighting the reality of death as a universal human experience. By emphasizing the reality of death, ἀποθνήσκω serves as a reminder of the importance of living a virtuous life and making the most of the time we have.
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Occurrences in Scripture
112 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
He said to them, “Go!” They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Matthew 9:24he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.
Matthew 22:24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Matthew 22:27After them all, the woman died.
Matthew 26:35Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.
Mark 5:35While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”
Mark 5:39When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
Mark 9:26After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
Mark 12:19“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Mark 12:20There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
Mark 12:21The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
Mark 12:22and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
Luke 8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
Luke 8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
Luke 8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
Luke 16:22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
Luke 16:22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
Luke 20:28They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
Luke 20:29There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
Luke 20:30The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
Luke 20:31The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
Luke 20:32Afterward the woman also died.
Luke 20:36For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
John 4:49The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.
John 6:50This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
John 6:58This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
John 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
John 8:24I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
John 8:24I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
John 8:52Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
John 8:53Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
John 8:53Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
John 11:14So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
John 11:16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”
John 11:21Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
John 11:26Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
John 11:37Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
John 11:50nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
John 11:51Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
John 12:24Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:24Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:33But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
John 18:14Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
John 18:32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
John 19:7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
John 21:23This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”