death
Primary meaning: death. Strong's: (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: death ; of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jo 11:13 , Phl 2:27 , He 7:23 , al; opp. to ζωή , Ro 8:38 , Phl 1:20 ; of the death of Christ, Ro 5:10 , Phl 3:10 , He 2:9 ; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ. , II Co 1:10 , He 5:7 ; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου , Mt 26:38 , Mk 14:34 ; μέχρι (ἄχρι) θ. , Phl 2:8 , Re 2:10 ; πληγὴ θανάτου , a deadly wound, Re 13:3 ; ἰδεῖν θάνατον , Lk 2:26 , He 11:5 ; γ...
Derivation: from G2348 (θνήσκω);
death, realm of death, pestilence
Death, physical expiration, pestilence, personified power of darkness and the grave; the ultimate enemy swallowed up in divine victory (Isaiah 25:8).
Derivation: From מוּת (H4191) to die.
to die, perish, execute
To die, perish, be put to death; solemn judicial consequence of human rebellion announced in Eden ('in the day you eat you shall surely die', mot tamut).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Mark • Chapter 14 (72 verses)
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the hous... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , James ( Jacob ), Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .
Romans • Chapter 6 (23 verses)
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
Matthew • Chapter 27 (66 verses)
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas , which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Eli , Cyrene , Golgotha , Galilee .
Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .
ransom, redemption price, bribe
Ransom price, redemption fee paid to deliver a forfeited life from death; basis of redemption where innocent substitute pays price.
Derivation: From כָּפַר (H3722) in sense of covering.
to live, have life, revive
To live, preserve alive, revive, recover from death or sickness; theological in Deuteronomy ('that you may live') and Ezekiel ('shall these dry bones live?').
Derivation: Primitive root.
Psalms • Chapter 116 (19 verses)
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Mentions: Jerusalem .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 41 (24 verses)
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions, To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things, And that still has strength to receive meat! O death, acceptable is your sentence to a man that is needy, and...
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 17 (24 verses)
And some of the spearbearers said, that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself upon the pile, rather than they should touch her person. O you mother, who together with seven children did destroy the violence of the tyrant,... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Eleazar , Moses , Jacob/Israel .
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (21 verses)
Now this one, having endured this praiseworthy death, the third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life. But he cried out and said, Know you⌃ not, that the father of those who are dead, became the father of me also; and that the same mother bare me; and...
Leviticus • Chapter 20 (27 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel , Whosoever he be of the children of Israel , or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall st... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel.
Rebellion in Eden, Universal Guilt, Total Depravity, and Federal vs Realist Transmission
Biblical-primary certainty on the historical rebellion in Eden ( Gen 3 ), resulting in universal sinfulness, guilt, spiritual death, and condemnation ( Rom 3:23 , 5:12-21 ). Theories on the transmission of original sin (Federal Headship vs Realism vs Ancestral Sin ) are cataloged under scholarly-debate.
Old Testament • 24 Chapters
2 Samuel (Old Testament, 24 chapters). Key figures: Saul , David , Amalekites , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judah . Key places: Ziklag , Gilboa , Gath , Ashkelon , Hebron , Jabesh . Opens with: "Now it came to pass after the death of Saul , when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites , and David had abode two days in Z..."
Job • Chapter 28 (28 verses)
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. Mentions: Ophir , Ethiopia .
Mark • Chapter 9 (50 verses)
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James , and John , and leadeth them up into an high ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Galilee , Capernaum .
2 Kings • Chapter 1 (18 verses)
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria , and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this diseas... Mentions: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Samaria , Ekron .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 40 (30 verses)
Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam , From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, Until the day for their burial in the mother of all things. The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, Trouble their thou... Mentions: Adam .
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (27 verses)
And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said, I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue. But I have come of mine own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for...
Genesis • Chapter 27 (46 verses)
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take,... Mentions: Isaac , Esau (Edom), Rebekah , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Esau, Haran .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 33 (29 verses)
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said, The Lord came from Sinai , and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran , and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Judah , Levi , Sinai , Seir , Paran , Massah , Meribah 1 .
Old Testament • 24 Chapters
Joshua (Old Testament, 24 chapters). Key figures: Moses , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Jacob/Israel , Manasseh , Adam . Key places: Jordan , Lebanon , Euphrates , Shittim , Jericho , Rahab . Opens with: "Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, sayin..."
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 16 (25 verses)
If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children’s torments even to death, confessedly religious reasoning is master even of the passions. I have proved, then, that not only men have obtained the mastery of their passions... Mentions: Daniel , Eleazar , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
Old Testament • 21 Chapters
Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."
Old Testament • 25 Chapters
2 Kings (Old Testament, 25 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Judah . Key places: Moab , Samaria , Baal , Ekron , Gilgal 1 , Jericho . Opens with: "Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab...."
Romans • Chapter 8 (39 verses)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak thro... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (27 verses)
If then, the seven brethren despised troubles even to death, it is confessed on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the passions. For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by th... Mentions: Isaac , Abram/Abraham , Jacob/Israel , Assyria .
2 Kings • Chapter 20 (21 verses)
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech the... Mentions: Hezekiah , Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), David , Ahaz , Judah , Assyria , Babylon .
sin, fault, guilt, penalty
Sin, moral delinquency, liability to punishment before the divine tribunal; frequently bears capital sentence ('sin unto death').
Derivation: From חָטָא (H2398) to miss mark.
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 7 (29 verses)
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughte...
2 Samuel • Chapter 1 (27 verses)
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul , when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites , and David had abode two days in Ziklag ; It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his h... Mentions: Saul, David, Amalekites , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Ziklag , Gilboa , Gath , Ashkelon .
2 Samuel • Chapter 8 (18 verses)
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab , and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, ... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Joram , Ammon , Rehob 3 , Zobah , Euphrates , Damascus .
Tobit • Chapter 4 (21 verses)
In that day Tobit remembered concerning the money which he had left in trust with Gabael in Rages of Media , and he said in himself, I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, that I may show to him of the money before I die? And he called him, and said, My child, ... Mentions: Noah , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Media .