Thanatos

than'-at-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Thanatos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 118
  1. the death of the body
    1. that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
    2. with the implied idea of future misery in hell
      1. the power of death
    3. since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
  2. metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
    1. the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
  3. the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
  4. in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
qanatoß
Origin
from (2348)
Strong's Number
2288
TDNT Entry
3:7,312

NAS Word Usage

danger of death
1
death
112
fatal
2
pestilence
3
Total
118

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Thanatos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.