Lexicon
ἀνθρωποκτόνος
anthrōpoktonos
G0443
G:N-M Greek

murderer

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Anthropoktonos identifies one described as a killer in statements about hatred and the devilish one.

The attested use identifies a person as a killer: 1 John 3:15 applies the designation within a statement about hating a brother, while John 8:44 applies it to the devilish one.

Senses in use

  1. A person designated as a killer · dominant

    In 1 John 3:15, the nominative singular masculine form occurs in the statement that everyone hating his brother is such a person; the APB renders the clause “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer.” In John 8:44, the same form describes the devilish one, whom the APB says “was a murderer from the beginning.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “murderer” in both cited verses. This rendering is treated as confirmation of each clause rather than a precise lexical mapping.

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