Strong's Lexicon
thanatéphoros: Death-bearing, deadly, fatal
Original Word:θανατηφόρος
Part of Speech:Adjective
Transliteration:thanatéphoros
Pronunciation:tha-na-TE-fo-ros
Phonetic Spelling:(than-at-ay'-for-os)
Definition:Death-bearing, deadly, fatal
Meaning:death-bringing, deadly.
Word Origin:Derived from θάνατος (thanatos, meaning "death") and φέρω (pherō, meaning "to bear" or "to carry").
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "thanatéphoros," related concepts can be found in words like מָוֶת (maveth, Strong's H4194), meaning "death," and חָרַב (charab, Strong's H2717), meaning "to be desolate" or "to destroy."
Usage:The term "thanatéphoros" is used to describe something that brings about death or is deadly in nature. It is an adjective that characterizes objects, actions, or conditions that lead to death or have fatal consequences.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of death was often personified and feared. The term "thanatéphoros" would have been understood in a context where death was a significant and ever-present reality, often associated with war, disease, and divine judgment. The Greeks and Romans had various deities and myths surrounding death, and the term would resonate with the cultural understanding of mortality and the afterlife.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
thanatos and
pheróDefinitiondeath-bringing
NASB Translationdeadly (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2287: θανατηφόροςθανατηφόρος,
θανατηφόρον (
θάνατος and
φέρω),
death-bringing, deadly:
James 3:8. (
Numbers 18:22;
Job 33:23; 4 Macc. 8:17, 25; 15:26;
Aeschylus,
Plato,
Aristotle,
Diodorus,
Xenophon,
Plutarch, others.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
deadly.From (the feminine form of)thanatos andphero; death-bearing, i.e. Fatal -- deadly.
see GREEKthanatos
see GREEKphero
Forms and Transliterations
θανατηφόροι θανατηφόρον θανατηφορου θανατηφόρου θανατήφορου thanatephorou thanatephórou thanatēphorou thanatēphórouLinks
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