11 occurrences

'Kill' in the Bible

He begged me, "Please come stand here next to me and kill me, because I'm still alive.'

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

How much worse will it be, then, when evil men kill an innocent man on his own bed in his own house! Shouldn't I avenge his blood which you are responsible for shedding by removing you from the earth?"

Verse ConceptsBeds

Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Didn't a woman kill him by throwing an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' then tell him, "Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.'"

Verse ConceptsMillstonesBeing Killed By A RockKilling Named Individuals

Then Absalom instructed his young men, "Please keep watching Amnon until he's drunk. Then I'll tell you, "Attack Amnon!' As soon as I do, kill him and don't be afraid! You have your orders, so be strong and brave!"

Verse ConceptsFeastingAssassinations, CompletedWineBraveryDrunk IndividualsBe Courageous!

Now please pay attention closely! My whole family is attacking your humble servant! They're saying, "Turn over the one who attacked his brother and we'll put him to death in retribution for his brother, whose life he took. That way, we'll kill the heir also!' They're going to extinguish the only light left in my family, leaving my late husband neither an ongoing name nor a survivor on the face of the earth!"

Verse ConceptsCoal, Metaphorical UseNo SurvivorsHanding Over PeopleExtinguishingNames Blotted OutDeath Penalty For Killing

So David ordered Abishai and all of his staff: "Look! My own son wants to kill me! How much more now is this descendant of Benjamin? Leave him alone and let him go on cursing, because the LORD has ordered him to do this.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill MeCursing The UngodlyLeave Them Alone

"I'll catch him while he is still tired and weak. I'll frighten him so all his people with him desert him. But I'll only kill the king.

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingOnly One PersonKilling Will HappenTired In Flighttired

We'll go find David wherever he's hiding. We'll fall on him like dew on the ground! We'll kill him and all of his men, and we won't leave even one man alive!

Verse ConceptsdewHoly Spirit, Types OfNo SurvivorsKilling Will Happen

Joab asked the man who was reporting to him, "What! You saw him? Why didn't you kill him right then and there? I would've given you ten pieces of silver and a warrior's sash!"

Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

and Ishbi-benob, who had been fathered by giants, said he intended to kill David. (His bronze spearhead weighed 300 shekels, and he carried state-of-the-art weaponry.)

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalGiantsUnusedAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWeights Of Other Things

Zeruiah's son Abishai, Joab's brother, was the lieutenant in charge of the platoons. He used his spear to fight and kill 300 men, gaining a reputation distinct from the Three.

Verse ConceptsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveKilling Many People

Bible Theasaurus

Assassinate (7 instances)
Butcher (6 instances)
Despatch (1 instance)
Massacre (6 instances)
Obliterate (2 instances)

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