ἀποθνήσκω
apothnḗskō · verb · “to die away”
Apothnēskō means to die — used of Jesus' death and of the believer's death to sin in him. «For if we have been united with him in a death like his…»
Apothnēskō names dying, often emphatically. Paul writes that Christ apothnēskō for us; we who believe «have died (apothnēskō) with him.»
Romans 6:8 says, «If we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.» Christian baptism pictures this dying and rising.
Definition: to die off (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with)
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).
Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.