Quick Definition
θανατηφόρος, ον Adj 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | θανατόω + φέρω
23.115 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
deadly that which causes or produces death The phrase ‘deadly poison’ may be rendered as ‘that which can cause death’ or ‘that which causes people to die.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θανατη-φόρος, -ov, (θάνατος and φέρω), death-bringing, deadly: Jas. iii. 8. (Num. xviii. 22; Job xxxiii. 23; 4 Mace. viii. 17, 25; xv. 26; Aeschyl., Plat., Arist., Diod., Xen., Plut., al.)
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: Nu 18:22 (מוּת), Jb 33:23, IV Mac 8:18, 26 15:26*;]
deadly, death-bringing: Ja 3:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θανατήφορος (thanatēphoros) — deadly. θᾰνᾰτήφορ-ος, ον, death-bringing, αἶσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; περίοδος θ. cycle of mortality, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of hurts or accidents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a surgical operation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ῥίζα ἐν Αἰθιοπία, of arrow-poison, Acokanthera Schimperi, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένεθλα.. θ. κεῖται causing death by contagion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαι μεταβολαὶ πολιτειῶν θ. [LXX+5th c.BC+]; δίκαι capital trials, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ρως, νοσεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+]: neuter singular as adverb, ἐπλήγη οὐχὶ -φόρον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but -φόρον ᾄδειν to sing a death song, [Refs 1st c.AD+]