UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἀπογίνομαι; aor.ptc.; ἀπογενόμενος

Sense 1: to cease, to stop

Semantic entry: 68.40

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀπογίνομαι ‘to die,’ not occurring in the NT) to cease, with a complete and abrupt change

Notes: It is possible that in the translation of this phrase in RV PE1 2:24 · LV PE1 2:24 · Read together PE1 2:24 one might wish to preserve the figurative form and translate as ‘dying to sin.’ For another interpretation of ἀπογίνομαι in RV PE1 2:24 · LV PE1 2:24 · Read together PE1 2:24, see 74.27: ἀπογίνομαι / 74.27: ἀποθνῄσκω.

PE1 2:24: RV PE1 2:24 · LV PE1 2:24 · Read together PE1 2:24

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OET-RV PE1 2:24

24 He sacrificed his own body on the wooden post for our sins, so that when we die to sin we can live for righteousness. By his wounds, you chosen people were healed.

OET-LV PE1 2:24

24 who himself offered _up the sins of _us in the body of _him on the stake, in _order _that having _died to_ the _sins, we _may _live to_ the _righteousness, of _whose by _his wounds you _all _were _healed.

Sense 2: to be dead to, to not respond to, to have no part in

Semantic entry: 74.27

Semantic domains: Able, Capable

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀπογίνομαι ‘to die,’ not occurring in the NT) to be unable to respond or react to any impulse or desire

Notes: In a number of languages it is extremely difficult to speak of ‘dying to sin.’ In some instances one can preserve the figurative meaning by an expression such as ‘to be like dead as far as desiring to sin’ or ‘to be like a corpse as far as temptations to sin are concerned.’|For another interpretation of ἀπογίνομαι in RV PE1 2:24 · LV PE1 2:24 · Read together PE1 2:24, see 68.40: ἀπογίνομαι.