ἀπο-κτείνω (also in late forms -κτέννω, Mat.10:28, a1, LTTr, -κτεννύω, Mrk.12:5, WH), [in LXX for הָרַג, מוּת;]
to kill: Mat.14:5, al; before instr. ἐν (which see), Eph.2:16, Rev.2:23, al. Metaphorical: Rom.7:11; τ. ἔχθραν, Eph.2:16; τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει 2Co.3:6 (on the perfective force of this verb, see M,
Pr., 114) (
AS)