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G409 ἀνδροφόνος (androphónos)
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Quick Definition

ἀνδροφόνος, ου, ὁ n.m. a murderer

Strong's Definition

from 435 and 5408; a murderer

KJV Usage: manslayer

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | ἀνδρίζομαι + φονεύω

20.85 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill

murderer a person who murders another person

1TI 1:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀνδρο-φόνος, -ου, ὅ, a manslayer: 1 Tim.i.9. (2 Mace. ix. 28; Hom., Plat., Dem., al.) [Cf. φονεύς.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνδροφόνος androphonos 1x

a homicide, man-slayer, murderer, 1 Tim. 1:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀνδρο-φόνος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX: II Mac 9:28*;]

a man-slayer: I Ti 1:9 (cf. φονεύς, and v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀνδροφόνος. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (1 Tim 1°) cf. OGZS 218° (iii/B.c.) τοὺς τὴμ wWidlov προσθεμ]ένους ἀνδροφόνους εἶναι. It appears in a metrical epitaph from Corcyra (before B.C. 227), Kaibel 184° λῃστὰς ἀνδροφόνους.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνδροφόνος (androphonos) — murderer. ἀνδρο-φόνος, ον, man-slaying, Homeric epithet of Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ.[Refs]; homicide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, murderous, ἀ. τὴν φύσιν[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—rarely except of slaughter in battle, but in [Refs 8th c.BC+] a murderous drug:—epithet of αῖμα, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

2. of women, murdering their husbands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. as law-term, one convicted of manslaughter, homicide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. ἀ. Κῶνος, a landmark at Athens, [Refs]

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