Words the Bible translates as put to death
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mutמוּתto put to death, to kill: to be the cause of someone's death.
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- to die: for a living thing to lose its life and stop living.
- apokteinōἀποκτείνωto kill: to put someone to death, or to destroy something so completely that it no longer has any life in it
- thanatoōθανατόωto put to death: to end a life on purpose, whether by a court's sentence, a betrayal, or a killing blow, and by extension to kill off whatever still holds power over a person
- anaireōἀναιρέωto do away with entirely: to kill a person, or abolish an institution
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- to take up a child and raise it as one's own: to adopt
- avadאֲבַדto perish, or to make something perish: to come to a final end, or to put a person or thing out of existence for good.
- nekroōνεκρόωto put to deathnot studied yet
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