noun · masculine
anthrōpoktonos
Greekἀνθρωποκτόνος (anthrōpoktonos)
Strong’sG443
a murderer
stem anthrōpokton-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀνθρωποκτόνος, -ον
(< κτείνω, to kill),
SYN.: φονεύς, ἀνδροφόνος (v. Tr., Syn, § lxxxiii).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G443 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidanth-ro-pok-ton'-os
a manslayer
Fromfrom G444 and κτείνω(to kill);
King Jamesmurderer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anthrōpoktonos3×ἀνθρωποκτόνος | anthrōpoktonois |
| object accusative | anthrōpoktonon | anthrōpoktonoin |
| direct address vocative | anthrōpoktonor | anthrōpoktonoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | anthrōpoktonou | anthrōpoktonoiu |
| to, for dative | anthrōpoktono | anthrōpoktonoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anthrōpoktono is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
anthrōpoktonos“murderer”subjectnominative singular3×
John 8:44“murderer”vis ek tou patērou tou diabolou avō kai tain epithumiain tou patērou vu thelavō poiarō. ekeinos anthrōpoktonos ate apo archau, kai en ta alētheia ouk histanate, hoti ouk atō alētheias en auto. hotan lalateiō tem pseusem, ek teiu idieiu lalatō, hoti pseustos atō kai tos patēros auteu.You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 John 3:15“murderer”pantos tos misarōtos ton adelfon autou anthrōpoktonos atō, kai oidavē hoti pantos anthrōpoktonos ouk echatō zōan aiōnian en auto menarōtan.Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
1 John 3:15“murderer”pantos tos misarōtos ton adelfon autou anthrōpoktonos atō, kai oidavē hoti pantos anthrōpoktonos ouk echatō zōan aiōnian en auto menarōtan.Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.