Words the Bible translates as be dead
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apothnēskōἀποθνήσκωto die: to come to the end of life, whether of the body, in sin, or to an old way of living.
- thnēskōθνῄσκωto be dead: to have died already, so that death is now an accomplished fact.
- teleutaōτελευτάωto die: to reach the end of one's life, come to one's end.
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