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Hebrew Kill/Murder Vocabulary

H7523 — רָצַח (ratsach) — "to dash in pieces, kill (a human being), especially to murder"

  • Transliteration: raw-tsakh
  • POS: verb
  • BLB Count: 47 (lexicon says 47; translation DB shows 51 occurrences)
  • Definition: "a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder: put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er)"
  • Key translations:
  • "the slayer" — 10x (19.6%) — NUM 35:11,25,26,27,28; DEU 4:42; 19:6; JOS 20:3,5,6
  • "the murderer" — 6x (11.8%) — NUM 35:16,17,18,19,21,30
  • "for the slayer" — 5x (9.8%)
  • "a murderer" — 4x (7.8%) — NUM 35:16,17,18,21
  • "kill" — 3x (5.9%) — EXO 20:13; NUM 35:27; DEU 5:17
  • "murder" — 3x (5.9%) — PSA 94:6; JER 7:9; HOS 6:9
  • Full verse listing from lexicon: Exo 20:13; Num 35:6,11,12,16-19,21,25-28,30; Deu 4:42; 5:17; 19:3,4,6; 22:26; Jos 20:3,5,6; 21:13,21,26,27,32,38; Jdg 20:4; 1Ki 21:19; 2Ki 6:32; Job 24:14; Psa 62:4; 94:6; Pro 22:13; Isa 1:21; Jer 7:9; Hos 4:2; 6:9

LXX Translation of H7523

  • G5407 φονεύω (phoneuo): 25 times, PMI 8.62 (PRIMARY — overwhelmingly preferred translation)
  • G2703 καταφεύγω (katapheugo, "flee"): 3 times (cities of refuge context)
  • G129 αἷμα (haima, "blood"): 8 times
  • G3960 πατάσσω (patasso, "strike"): 8 times
  • G2289 θανατόω (thanatoo, "put to death"): 5 times

H2026 — הָרַג (harag) — "to smite with deadly intent; destroy, kill, murder, slay"

  • Transliteration: haw-rag
  • POS: verb
  • BLB Count: 167
  • Definition: "a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), surely"
  • Key translations: "slew" (19x, 10.5%), "and slew" (10x), "to slay" (5x), "slain" (5x), "slay" (3x), "kill" (2x)
  • Used for: Cain killing Abel (Gen 4:8), war killing, judicial execution, general slaying

H4191 — מוּת (muth) — "to die; causatively, to kill"

  • Transliteration: mooth
  • POS: verb
  • BLB Count: 835
  • Definition: "a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill: at all, crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), must needs, slay, surely, very suddenly, in (no) wise"
  • Key translations: "died" (75x, 7.4%), "die" (70x, 6.9%), "surely" (49x), "shall die" (38x), "be put to death" (33x)
  • Broadest Hebrew death term — covers all forms of death

H5221 — נָכָה (nakah) — "to strike; kill, smite, slay, wound"

  • Transliteration: naw-kaw
  • POS: verb
  • BLB Count: 500+
  • Definition: "a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)"
  • Key translations: "and smote" (43x, 7.6%), "smote" (36x), "slew" (23x), "smite" (13x)
  • Used in Num 35 alongside ratsach — the physical act of striking

H1818 — דָּם (dam) — "blood"

  • Transliteration: dawm
  • POS: noun
  • BLB Count: 360+
  • Key translations: "the blood" (79x, 20.2%), "blood" (75x, 19.2%), "of blood" (20x), "bloody" (9x)
  • Central to Gen 9:6 blood-guilt theology

H2555 — חָמָס (chamas) — "violence; wrong; unjust gain"

  • Transliteration: khaw-mawce
  • POS: noun
  • BLB Count: 60+
  • Key translations: "violence" (14x, 23%), "violent" (6x), "with violence" (5x), "of violence" (5x), "cruelty" (multiple)

Greek Kill/Murder Vocabulary

G5407 — φονεύω (phoneuo) — "to be a murderer (of); kill, do murder, slay"

  • Transliteration: fon-yoo
  • POS: verb
  • BLB Count: 12
  • LXX translation of H7523 ratsach (25x — primary correspondence)
  • Key translations: "kill" (4x, 30.8%), "Thou shalt" (2x), "Do" (2x), "murder" (1x)
  • Verse listing: Exo 20:13; Mat 5:21(2x); 19:18; 23:31,35; Mrk 10:19; Luk 18:20; Rom 13:9; Jas 2:11; 4:2; 5:6

G5408 — φόνος (phonos) — "murder; slain"

  • Transliteration: fon
  • POS: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 10
  • Key translations: "murders" (4x, 40%), "murder" (3x, 30%), "slaughter" (1x)
  • Verse listing: Mat 15:19; Mrk 7:21; 15:7; Luk 23:19,25; Act 9:1; Rom 1:29; Gal 5:21; Heb 11:37; Rev 9:21

G5406 — φονεύς (phoneus) — "a murderer (criminal/intentional)"

  • Transliteration: fon-yooce
  • POS: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 7
  • Definition: "a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) killing)"
  • Key translations: "murderers" (4x, 57.1%), "a murderer" (3x, 42.9%)
  • Verse listing: Mat 22:7; Act 3:14; 7:52; 28:4; 1Pe 4:15; Rev 21:8; 22:15

G443 — ἀνθρωποκτόνος (anthropoktonos) — "a manslayer, murderer"

  • Transliteration: anth-ro-pok-ton-os
  • POS: adjective used substantively
  • BLB Count: 3 (NT occurrences)
  • Compound: ἄνθρωπος (man) + κτείνω (to kill)
  • No translation data found in DB (word appears in parsed text)
  • Verse listing: Jhn 8:44 (devil was murderer from beginning); 1Jn 3:15 (2x — hater is murderer; no murderer has eternal life)

G409 — ἀνδροφόνος (androphonos) — "a murderer; manslayer"

  • Transliteration: an-drof-on
  • POS: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 1
  • Key translations: "for manslayers" (1x, 100%)
  • Verse listing: 1Ti 1:9