Strong's Greek · G2348
G2348 thnḗskō
θνήσκω
thnay'-sko
to die/be dead
Looking for Hebrew H2348 chôwph? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2348. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
thnḗskō appears 9 times in Scripture, in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts and 1 Timothy. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to die (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
be dead, die
Derivation
a strengthened form of a simpler primary θάνω (which is used for it only in certain tenses);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.”
“But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.”
“The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.”
“Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.”
““Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.””
“But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.”
“While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.””
“They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.”
“Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
