Strong’s G615 · Greek

ἀποκτείνω
apokteínō

Definition

to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and (to slay);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • put to death
  • kill
  • slay

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.