adjective

thanatēforos

Greekθανατηφόρος (thanatēforos)

Strong’sG2287

death-bringing, deadly

stem thanatēfor-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

deadly1×

What it means

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2287 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthan-at-ay'-for-os

death-bearing, i.e. fatal

Fromfrom (the feminine form of) G2288 and G5342;

King Jamesdeadly.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	thanatēforos	thanatēforas	thanatēforem	thanatēforois	thanatēforais	thanatēforeim
object accusative	thanatēforon	thanatēforan		thanatēforoin	thanatēforain
direct address vocative	thanatēforor	thanatēforar		thanatēforoir	thanatēforair
of, belonging to genitive	thanatēforou1×θανατηφόρου	thanatēforau	thanatēforeu	thanatēforoiu	thanatēforaiu	thanatēforeiu
to, for dative	thanatēforo	thanatēfora	thanatēfore	thanatēforoi	thanatēforai	thanatēforei

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

thanatēforstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thanatēfor 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

thanatēforou“deadly”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

James 3:8“deadly”tan de glōssan oudenos damazara dunetō anthrōpoiu; akatastatem kakem, mestas iou thanatēforou.but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.