Dictionaries :: Murderer

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Murderer:

akin to phoneuo and phonos (see above), is used

(a) in a general sense, in the singular, 1Pe 4:15; in the plural, Rev 21:8; 22:15;

(b) of those guilty of particular acts, Mat 22:7; Act 3:14, lit. "a man (aner), a murderer;" Mat 7:52; 28:4.

Murderer:

an adjective, lit., "manslaying," used as a noun, "a manslayer, murderer" (anthropos, "a man," kteino, "to slay"), is used of Satan, Jhn 8:44; of one who hates his brother, and who, being a "murderer," has not eternal life, 1Jo 3:15 (twice).

Murderer:

"a murderer of one's father," occurs in 1Ti 1:9.

Note: For sikarios, in the plural, "murderers," in Act 21:38, see ASSASSIN.
See MOTHER, No. 2.