θάνατος (G2288) — Greek Lexicon

θάνατος

thánatos

G2288 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

Physical death; the cessation of life or the state of being dead. Contextually, also denotes the condition or process leading to death, the power or personification of death, and, metaphorically, spiritual or moral ruin or destruction. In some contexts, refers to plague, fatal disease, or mortal danger.

Semantic Range

physical death, state of being dead, fatal disease, deadly outcome, personification of death, spiritual death, moral ruin, mortal danger, sentence of death

Root / Etymology

From the root θαν- (as seen in θνῄσκω, 'to die'); θάνατος is a nominal form meaning 'death.' The root is Indo-European, with cognates in related languages (e.g., Latin 'letum,' Old English 'deað').

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, θάνατος referred to both the event and condition of dying, and was also personified as the god of death in literature and mythology. In the LXX and New Testament, denotes primarily the end of physical life but can also indicate mortal peril or the destructive consequences of sin or judgment. It sometimes personifies death as a force or entity (cf. Romans 5:14, Revelation 6:8). The figurative uses (spiritual/moral death) emerge especially in Jewish and Christian texts. English translations commonly render it as 'death,' but this term in English can at times obscure the broader Greek notions of mortality, personification, and existential threat encompassed by θάνατος. Distinct from ἀπώλεια ('ruin, destruction'), which often focuses on loss or perishability rather than on the cessation of life itself.

Translation Consistency

primary "death" 120 occurrences

‘Death’ is the clear, natural English headword that covers the full, typical semantic range of θάνατος — physical cessation of life, the state of being dead, fatal disease or danger, personified death, and metaphorical/spiritual death. It is the overwhelmingly dominant rendering in the corpus and works for singular/plural/contextual uses when inflected or given determiners in translation.

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from θνήσκω; (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively):--X deadly, (be…) death.

Root Family

θάνατος (thanatos) — death, dying, mortality

Root θαν- to die, to be mortal

Word Forms

6 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`G2288-06`	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death	53
`G2288-04`	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death	25
`G2288-05`	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death	24
`G2288-02`	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death	15
`G2288-01`	θάνατε	thanate	`N VOC M SG`	O death	O death	O death	2
`G2288-03`	θανάτοις	thanatois	`N DAT M PL`	deaths	to deaths	deaths	1

Occurrences in Scripture

120 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`G2288-06`	Matthew 4:16	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	Matthew 10:21	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-02`	Matthew 15:4	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	by death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Matthew 16:28	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Matthew 20:18	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	to death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Matthew 26:38	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Matthew 26:66	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Mark 7:10	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	by-death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Mark 9:1	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Mark 10:33	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	to death	to death	to death
`G2288-04`	Mark 13:12	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Mark 14:34	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Mark 14:64	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Luke 1:79	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	Luke 2:26	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Luke 9:27	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	Luke 22:33	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Luke 23:15	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Luke 23:22	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Luke 24:20	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	John 5:24	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	John 8:51	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	John 8:52	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	John 11:4	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	John 11:13	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	John 12:33	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-02`	John 18:32	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-02`	John 21:19	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Acts 2:24	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 13:28	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 22:4	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 23:29	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 25:11	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 25:25	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 26:31	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Acts 28:18	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Romans 1:32	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of-death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Romans 5:10	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-05`	Romans 5:12	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 5:12	θάνατος	thanatos-2	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 5:14	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 5:17	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-02`	Romans 5:21	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-04`	Romans 6:3	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	Romans 6:4	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Romans 6:5	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-05`	Romans 6:9	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	Romans 6:16	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 6:21	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 6:23	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-02`	Romans 7:5	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-04`	Romans 7:10	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 7:13	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	Romans 7:13	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Romans 7:24	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Romans 8:2	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-05`	Romans 8:6	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Romans 8:38	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	1 Corinthians 3:22	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	1 Corinthians 11:26	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	1 Corinthians 15:21	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	1 Corinthians 15:26	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	1 Corinthians 15:54	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-01`	1 Corinthians 15:55	θάνατε	thanate	`N VOC M SG`	O death	O death	O death
`G2288-01`	1 Corinthians 15:55	θάνατε	thanate-2	`N VOC M SG`	O death	O death	O death
`G2288-06`	1 Corinthians 15:56	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	2 Corinthians 1:9	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	2 Corinthians 1:10	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	2 Corinthians 2:16	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	2 Corinthians 2:16	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	2 Corinthians 3:7	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	2 Corinthians 4:11	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	2 Corinthians 4:12	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	2 Corinthians 7:10	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-03`	2 Corinthians 11:23	θανάτοις	thanatois	`N DAT M PL`	deaths	to deaths	deaths
`G2288-06`	Philippians 1:20	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Philippians 2:8	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Philippians 2:8	θανάτου	thanatou-2	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Philippians 2:27	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	unto death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Philippians 2:30	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Philippians 3:10	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Colossians 1:22	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	2 Timothy 1:10	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 2:9	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 2:9	θανάτου	thanatou-2	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 2:14	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 2:14	θανάτου	thanatou-2	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 2:15	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 5:7	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Hebrews 7:23	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	of death	to death	to death
`G2288-06`	Hebrews 9:15	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	Hebrews 9:16	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	Hebrews 11:5	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	James 1:15	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	James 5:20	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	1 John 3:14	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	1 John 3:14	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-04`	1 John 5:16	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	1 John 5:16	θάνατον	thanaton-2	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	1 John 5:16	θάνατον	thanaton-3	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-04`	1 John 5:17	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 1:18	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 2:10	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 2:11	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-02`	Revelation 2:23	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 6:8	Θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	Death	death	death
`G2288-02`	Revelation 6:8	θανάτῳ	thanato	`N DAT M SG`	death	to death	to death
`G2288-04`	Revelation 9:6	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 9:6	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 12:11	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-04`	Revelation 13:3	θάνατον	thanaton	`N ACC M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 13:3	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	of death	of death	of death
`G2288-06`	Revelation 13:12	θανάτου	thanatou	`N GEN M SG`	death	of death	of death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 18:8	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 20:6	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 20:13	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 20:14	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 20:14	θάνατος	thanatos-2	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 21:4	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death
`G2288-05`	Revelation 21:8	θάνατος	thanatos	`N NOM M SG`	death	death	death

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