Definition:
θάνατος, -ου, ὁ (θνήσκω), [in LXX chiefly for מָוֶת,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר;] death; 1) of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jhn.11:13, Php.2:27, Heb.7:23, al; opp. to ζωή, Rom.8:38, Php.1:20; of the death of Christ, Rom.5:10, Php.3:10, Heb.2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ, 2Co.1:10, Heb.5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Mat.26:38, Mrk.14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Php.2:8, Rev.2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Rev.13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luk.2:26, Heb.11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mrk.9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mrk.14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν (Exo.21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mrk.7:10; death personified, Rom.6:9, 1Co.15:26, Rev.21:4; pl, of deadly perils, 2Co.11:23. 2) Of spiritual death: Jhn.5:24 8:51, Rom.7:10, Jas.1:15, 5:20, 1Jn.3:14 5:16, al; of eternal death, Rom.1:32 7:5, al; ὁ θ. ὁ δεύτερος, Rev.2:11 21:8 (cf. Cremer, 283ff; DB, iii, 114ff; DCG, i, 791f.). (AS)
Definition:
θάνᾰτος [θᾰ], ὁ, (θνῄσκω)
death, whether natural or violent, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ὑπαλευάμενος θάνατον
the death threatened by them, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θάνατόνδε
to death, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτου τέλος, μοῖρα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς for life and
death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεώς ἐστι θ, ἀνάστατον γενέσθαι it is its
death, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γῆρας ζῶν θ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θάνατον ἀποθνῄσκειν, τελευτᾶν, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2) in Law,
death-penalty, θάνατον καταγνῶναί τινος to pass
sentence of death on one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θανάτου δίκῃ κρίνεσθαι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς. ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ θ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; θ. τῆς ζημίας ἐπικειμένης the penalty is
death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; elliptically, παιδίον κεκος μημένον τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. στολήν) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δῆσαί τινα τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ (i.e. δέσιν) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔξοδον ποιεῖσθαι to go to
execution, [
Refs]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου for any penalty short of
death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short
of death or maiming, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
plural, θάνατοι
kinds of death, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
the deaths of several persons, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
poetry, of one person, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
*apocalyptic [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; especially of
violent death, θ. αὐθένται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) as
proper name, Θάνατος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃν [ἰὸν] τέκετο Θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
corpse, θ. ἀτύμβευτος [
Refs 1st c.BC+]