Word

קְטַל

qᵉṭal · H6992 · Aramaic · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to kill

Causative action by which humans or deities cause people or animals to die

Examples
Daniel 2:13 So the decree was issued that the wise men be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his friends, to kill them.
Daniel 2:14 Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon;
Daniel 3:22 For this reason, because the king’s command was harsh and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 2
בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרBelshazzar 1
חֵיוָאbeast 1
חַכִּיםwise 1
שְׂבִיבflame 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הִמּוֹare 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for+ חַכִּיםwise 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 2 words

מוּת mûwth · H4191 · to die, to pass away, to cause to die: In the Hiphil/causative stem, means to put to death, kill; a standard synonym for causing death, though the root primarily means 'to die'.
נָכָה nâkâh · H5221 · to hit, to beat, to strike: Hebrew verb meaning to strike or smite, often with lethal result; when used with lethal force, functions as a synonym for slaying.

Contrasting words 1 word

חָיָה châyâh · H2421 · to be alive, to become alive, to live: In the Piel/causative stem, means to preserve alive, keep alive, give life; the direct lexical opposite of killing/slaying.

In the other Testament 3 words

ἀποκτείνω apokteínō · G615 · to kill, to do away with, to eliminate: Standard Greek translation equivalent for the act of killing/slaying, used extensively in LXX to render Hebrew killing verbs and throughout NT for putting to death.
φονεύω phoneúō · G5407 · to murder, to commit murder: Greek verb for killing/murder, particularly unlawful killing, frequently used in LXX as translation equivalent for Hebrew killing terminology.
ἀναιρέω anairéō · G337 · to kill, to execute, killing: Greek verb meaning to take away life, kill, slay; used in LXX and NT for acts of killing and execution.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Dead002001001018: Daniel 3:22 recounts that “the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.”

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָטַל qâṭal · H6991 · to kill · 3×קְטַלqᵉṭal · H6992קֶטֶל qeṭel · H6993 · killing · 1×

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0