pr. to bring forth, as women; met. to generate, produce, Jas. 1:15; to generate by spiritual birth, Jas. 1:18*

also spelled ἀποκτέννω or ἀποκτένω, to kill, Mt. 14:5; to destroy, annihilate, Mt. 10:28; to destroy a hostile principle, Eph. 2:16; met. to kill by spiritual condemnation, Rom. 7:11; 2 Cor. 3:6

hidden away; concealed, Mk. 4:22; Lk. 8:17; stored up, Col. 2:3*

to hide away; to conceal, withhold from sight, or knowledge, Lk. 10:21; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:26*

an answer, reply, Lk. 2:47; 20:26; Jn. 1:22; 19:9

to answer, Mt. 3:15; in NT to respond to certain present circumstances, to avow, Mt. 11:25

a judicial sentence, 2 Cor. 1:9*

to cut off, Mk. 9:43, 45; Jn. 18:10, 26; Acts 27:32; to castrate, make a eunich, Gal. 5:12*

to close, shut up, Lk. 13:25*