ἀπο-θνῄσκω, [in LXX chiefly for מוּת;]
to die: of natural death, Mrk.5:35, al; of violent death (pass. of ἀποκτείνω), esp. of Christ, Mat.26:35, Jhn.12:33, Heb.10:28, al; of spiritual death, Jhn.6:50, Rom.8:13, al; with dative ref, Rom.6:2, 10 14:7, 8, Gal.2:19; accusative, ὅ, Rom.6:10; before ἐν, Mat.8:32, Jhn.8:21, 24 1Co.15:22, Heb.11:37, Rev.14:13; before ὑπέρ, περί, Jhn.11:50, 51 18:14, Rom.5:6-8 14:15, 1Co.15:3, 2Co.5:15, 1Th.5:10, 1Pe.3:18; ἀπό, Col.2:20; ἐκ, Rev.8:11; figuratively, 1Co.15:31 (cf. συν-αποθνήσκω, and V. Milligan,
NTD, 258f;
DCG, i, 791b; Cremer, 286; MM, see word; on the perfective force of this verb, M,
Pr., 112, 114; and on the distinction bet. present and aor, ib. 113 f.). (
AS)