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thnēskō G2348

θνῄσκω (thnēskō) means “to die/be dead” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

θνῄσκω Greek · G2348 9 tagged occurrences in 9 verses

Pronunciation guide: thnay'-sko Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2348

θνῄσκω · thnēskō · to die/be dead

θνήσκω [in LXX chiefly for מוּת ;] to die; pf. (M, Pr., 114), to be dead: Mat.2:20, Mrk.15:44, Luk.7:12 8:49, Jhn.11:44 19:33, Act.14:19 25:19; metaphorically, of spiritual death, 1Ti.5:6 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-απο-θνήσκω).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I die, am dying, am dead.

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How translators render G2348

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
is dead 2
a dead man 1
are now dead 1
dead 1
had been dead 1
jesus was already dead 1
was dead 1
who had died 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
is dead 2
a dead man 1
dead 1
died 1
had 1
had been dead 1
he that was dead 1
he were 1
of him that was dead 1
the dead 1
they are dead 1
was dead 1
which had been dead 1
which was dead 1

Verses containing G2348

Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.”

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  2. Mark 15:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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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  3. Luke 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  4. Luke 8:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  5. John 11:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  6. John 19:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

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  7. Acts 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  8. Acts 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. 1 Timothy 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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