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Greek · G3551, G599

νόμῳ ἀπέθανον

Law · to die off (literally or figuratively)

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νόμος G3551 law
Pronunciation nómos
Encompasses both the Mosaic law and any binding principle or force impelling moral action
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ἀποθνήσκω G599 to die off (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation apothnḗskō
Death as severance—natural, violent, or spiritual—often involving sacrifice or separation from life/sin.
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What does νόμῳ ἀπέθανον (nomō apethanon) mean in the Bible?

νόμος · ἀποθνήσκω is a Greek phrase meaning "law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)".

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What does νόμος · ἀποθνήσκω mean in the Bible?

νόμος · ἀποθνήσκω is a Greek phrase meaning "law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3551, G599?

G3551, G599 is connected to 193 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)

Strong's G3551, G599
Lexical occurrences 193 verses Word forms 5 forms 193 references

Source Gloss

law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 193 Case pattern Genitive (67) Number pattern Singular (191)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:12 · Matt 11:13 · Matt 22:40 · Luke 16:16 · John 1:17 · John 7:23 · John 7:51 · Rom 2:14 · Rom 3:19 · Rom 4:15 · Rom 5:20 · Rom 7:1 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:12 · Rom 7:14 · Rom 8:2 34×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:18 · Matt 23:23 · Luke 2:27 · Luke 16:17 · John 12:34 · Acts 6:13 · Acts 13:15 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 21:20 · Acts 21:28 · Acts 22:3 · Acts 23:29 · Acts 28:23 · Rom 2:12 · Rom 2:13 · Rom 2:14 67×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:5 · Matt 22:36 · Luke 2:23 · Luke 2:24 · Luke 10:26 · Luke 24:44 · John 1:45 · John 8:17 · John 10:34 · John 15:25 · Acts 13:38 · Rom 2:12 · Rom 2:17 · Rom 2:20 · Rom 2:23 · Rom 3:19 31×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:17 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 2:39 · John 7:19 · John 7:49 · John 18:31 · John 19:7 · Acts 7:53 · Acts 15:5 · Acts 18:13 · Acts 21:24 · Acts 22:12 · Acts 23:3 · Acts 24:14 · Acts 25:8 · Rom 2:14 59×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 8:10 · Heb 10:16 2×
193 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 108 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 46 ongoing 9 prospective 4 background 1 subjunctive 16 infinitive 21 participle 11
Tense
aorist 82 present 21 future 4 imperfect 1
Voice
active 104 middle 4
Mood
indicative 60 infinitive 21 subjunctive 16 participle 11
NT Occurrences
Matthew 8:32 ἀπέθανον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:24 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:24 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 22:27 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:35 ἀποθανεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 5:35 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:39 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 9:26 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:19 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 12:20 ἀποθνῄσκων present active participle participle Mark 12:21 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:22 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 15:44 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 8:42 ἀπέθνῃσκεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 8:52 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 8:53 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 16:22 ἀποθανεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 16:22 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:28 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 20:29 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:31 ἀπέθανον aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:32 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:36 ἀποθανεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive John 4:47 ἀποθνῄσκειν present active infinitive infinitive John 4:49 ἀποθανεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive John 6:49 ἀπέθανον aorist active indicative completed John 6:50 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 6:58 ἀπέθανον aorist active indicative completed John 8:21 ἀποθανεῖσθε future middle indicative prospective John 8:24 ἀποθανεῖσθε future middle indicative prospective John 8:24 ἀποθανεῖσθε future middle indicative prospective John 8:52 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed John 8:53 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed John 8:53 ἀπέθανον aorist active indicative completed John 11:14 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed John 11:16 ἀποθάνωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 11:21 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed John 11:25 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 11:26 ἀποθάνῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 11:32 ἀπέθανεν aorist active indicative completed +68 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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