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G2287 θανατήφορος (thanatḗphoros)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

death-bringing, deadly

Strong's Definition

death-bearing, i.e. fatal

Derivation: from (the feminine form of) G2288 (θάνατος) and G5342 (φέρω);

KJV Usage: deadly

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θανατηφόρος, θανατηφόρον (θάνατος and φέρω), death-bringing, deadly: Jas_3:8. (Num_18:22; Job_33:23; 4Ma_8:17; 4Ma_8:25; 4Ma_15:26; Aeschylus, Plato, Aristotle, Diodorus, Xenophon, Plutarch, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

θανατηφόρος thanatēphoros 1x bringing or causing death, deadly, fatal, Jas_3:8

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θανατη -φόρος , -ον ( < θάνατος , φέρω ), [in LXX : Num_18:22 ( H4191 ), Job_33:23 , 4Ma_8:18 ; 4Ma_8:26 ; 4Ma_15:26 * ;] deadly, death-bringing: Jas_3:8 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

θανατηφόρος [page 283] This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Jas_3:8 ) occurs septies in Vett. Val., e.g. p. 225 .7 κινδυνώδεις καὶ θανατηφόροι περιστάσεις , and p. 237 .7 χαλεπὸς καὶ θανατηφόρος .

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

θανατη-φόρος, -ον (θάνατος, φέρω), [in LXX: Num.18:22 (מוּת), Job.33:23, 4Ma.8:18 4Mac 8:26 4Mac 15:26 * ;] deadly, death-bringing: Jas.3:8.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

3:8

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