Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Die
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Read in context →Ezekiel
34 occurrences in 30 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where die appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
2726 verses
Exodus
2121 verses
Leviticus
1010 verses
Numbers
3027 verses
Deuteronomy
2524 verses
Joshua
11 verses
Judges
55 verses
Ruth
11 verses
1 Samuel
1414 verses
2 Samuel
88 verses
1 Kings
99 verses
2 Kings
108 verses
2 Chronicles
42 verses
Job
1010 verses
Psalms
77 verses
Proverbs
66 verses
Ecclesiastes
33 verses
Isaiah
99 verses
Jeremiah
2827 verses
Ezekiel
3430 verses
Amos
55 verses
Jonah
32 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Zechariah
22 verses
Matthew
33 verses
Mark
33 verses
Luke
43 verses
John
1714 verses
Acts
33 verses
Romans
63 verses
1 Corinthians
55 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
Philippians
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
Revelation
33 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
מוּת
mûwth · mooth
255 times translated as this KJV form832 total Strong's occurrences
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Strong's KJV usage: × 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.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:17Strong's last: Zechariah 11:9
Open full H4191 profile →ἀποθνήσκω
apothnḗskō · ap-oth-nace'-ko
41 times translated as this KJV form122 total Strong's occurrences
to die off (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 22:24Strong's last: Revelation 14:13
Open full G599 profile →גָּוַע
gâvaʻ · gaw-vah'
8 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Strong's KJV usage: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Strong's first: Genesis 6:17Strong's last: Zechariah 13:8
Open full H1478 profile →מָוֶת
mâveth · maw'-veth
8 times translated as this KJV form159 total Strong's occurrences
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Strong's KJV usage: (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
Strong's first: Numbers 6:7Strong's last: Jonah 4:8
Open full H4194 profile →τελευτάω
teleutáō · tel-yoo-tah'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to finish life (by implication, of G979), i.e. expire (demise)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be dead, decease, die.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 15:4Strong's last: Luke 7:2
Open full G5053 profile →συναποθνήσκω
synapothnḗskō · soon-ap-oth-nace'-ko
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to decease (literally) in company with, or (figuratively), similarly to
Strong's KJV usage: :--be dead (die) with.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 14:31Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 7:3
Open full G4880 profile →ἀπόλλυμι
apóllymi · ap-ol'-loo-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences
to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 18:14Strong's last: John 18:14
Open full G622 profile →ἀπώλεια
apṓleia · ap-o'-li-a
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)
Strong's KJV usage: :--damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 25:16Strong's last: Acts 25:16
Open full G684 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:31Strong's last: 1 Samuel 20:31
Open full H1121 profile →תְּמוּתָה
tᵉmûwthâh · tem-oo-thaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
execution (as a doom)
Strong's KJV usage: death, die.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 79:11Strong's last: Psalms 79:11
Open full H8546 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
28 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H4191
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
H4191
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
H4191
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
H4191
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
H4191
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
H4191
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
H4191
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
H4191
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
H4191
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
H4191
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
H4191
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
H4194
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
H4194
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
H4191
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
H4191
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
H4191
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
H4191
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
H4191
But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
H4191
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
H4191
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
H4191
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
H4191
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
H4191
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
H4191
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
H4191
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
die
DIE, verb intransitive [See Day.]
1. To be deprived of respiration, of the circulation of blood, and other bodily functions, and rendered incapable of resuscitation, as animals, either by natural decay, by disease, or by violence; to cease to live; to expire; to decease; to perish; and with respect to man, to depart from this world.
All the first born in the land of Egypt shall die Exodus 11:5.
The fish that is in the river shall die Exodus 7:18.
This word is followed by of or by. Men die of disease; of a fever; of sickness; of a fall; of grief. They die by the sword; by famine; by pestilence; by violence; by sickness; by disease. In some cases, custom has established the use of the one, to the exclusion of the other; but in many cases, either by or of may be used at the pleasure of the writer or speaker. The use of for, he died for thirst, is not elegant nor common.
2. To be punished with death; to lose life for a crime, or for the sake of another.
I will relieve my master, if I die for it. Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:7.
Christ died for our sins. 1 Corinthians 15:22.
3. To come to an end; to cease; to be lost; to perish or come to nothing; as, let the secret die in your own breast.
4. To sink; to faint.
His heart died withing him, and he became as a stone. 1 Samuel 25:1.
5. To languish with pleasure or tenderness; followed by away.
To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away.
6. To languish with affection.
The young men acknowledged that they died for Rebecca.
7. To recede as sound, and become less distinct; to become less and less; or to vanish from the sight, or disappear gradually. Sound or color dies away.
8. To lose vegetable life; to wither; to perish; as plants or seeds. Plants die for want of water. Some plants die annually.
9. To become vapid or spiritless, as liquors; mostly used in the participle; as the cider or beer is dead.
10. In theology, to perish everlastingly; to suffer divine wrath and punishment in the future world.
11. To become indifferent to, or to cease to be under the power of; as, to die to sin.
12. To endure great danger and distress.
I die daily. 1 Corinthians 15:22.
To die away, to decrease gradually; to cease to blow; as, the wind dies away.
DIE, noun plural dice.
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box.
He ventured his all on the cast of a die
2. Any cubic body; a flat tablet.
3. Hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war.
DIE, noun plural Dies. A stamp used in coining money, in founderies, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.