1. (v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

2. (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

3. (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.

4. (v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

5. (v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.

6. (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

7. (v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

MORTIFY

mor'-ti-fi (Romans 8:13 the King James Version and the English Revised Version, thanatoo, the English Revised Version margin "make to die," and Colossians 3:5, nekroo, the English Revised Version margin "make dead"): This sense of mortify is obsolete in modern English, and the American Standard Revised Version in both places substitutes "put to death," with great advantage. The context in both passages goes to the heart of Paul's doctrine of the union of the believer with Christ. This union has given the soul a new life, flowing (through the Spirit) from Christ in the heavenly world, so that the remnants of the old corrupt life-principle are now dangerous excrescences. Hence, they are to be destroyed, just as a surgeon removes the remnants of a diseased condition after the reestablishment of healthy circulation. The interpreter must guard against weakening Paul's language into some such phrase as "subdue all that is inconsistent with the highest ideals," for Paul views the union with Christ as an intensely real, quasi-physical relation.

Burton Scott Easton

3499. nekroo -- to put to death
... Cognate: 3499 (from 3498 , corpse-like, lifeless") -- to view as a corpse, ie without
life; (but not "make") , ; to mortify, deprive of life or energizing power ...
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2289. thanatoo -- to put to death
... become dead, put to death, kill, mortify. From thanatos to kill (literally or
figuratively) -- become dead, (cause to be) put to death, kill, mortify. ...
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4717. stauroo -- to fence with stakes, to crucify
... Verb Transliteration: stauroo Phonetic Spelling: (stow-ro'-o) Short Definition:
I crucify Definition: I fix to the cross, crucify; fig: I destroy, mortify. ...
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"For if Ye Live after the Flesh, Ye Shall Die, but if Ye through ...
... "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die, but if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.". Rom. viii. ...
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"For if Ye Live after the Flesh, Ye Shall Die; but if Ye through ...
... XXXV. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxxv for if ye.htm

October 10. "If Ye, through the Spirit, do Mortify the Deeds of ...
... OCTOBER 10. "If ye, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body,
ye shall live" (Rom. viii. 13). "If ye, through the Spirit ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 10 if ye through.htm

God's Promise is Sure.
... But it is said thus: "If thou believest, thou shalt be saved," in the same way that
it is said, "If by the Spirit ye shall mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 22 gods promise is sure.htm

Rom. viii. 12, 13
... flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.". ...
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Thus the Spirit of Man, Cleaving unto the Spirit of God...
... is: "But I live, now not I, but there liveth in me Christ." They therefore, whose
life was hidden in God, are admonished and exhorted to mortify their members ...
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Naturally we Love Ourselves Only. ...
... 4. An absolute necessity, therefore, there is for all souls to mortify nature, and
especially to rectify this general depravedness of propriety, by which we ...
/.../chapter iii naturally we love.htm

The Pelagians Maintain that the Law is the Grace of God which ...
... we are debtors not to the flesh, to live after the flesh; for if ye live after the
flesh ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 23 xi the pelagians maintain.htm

Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Brethren, we are Debters, not to the ...
... flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. ...
/.../lyra germanica the christian year/eighth sunday after trinity brethren.htm

The Flesh and the Spirit
... How shall we escape this death in life? St. Paul tells us, 'If ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.'. Through the Spirit. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxiii the flesh and.htm

Mortify (2 Occurrences)
... etc. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MORTIFY. mor ... relation. Burton Scott Easton.
Multi-Version Concordance Mortify (2 Occurrences). Romans ...
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Inordinate (2 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness ...
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Mortgaging (1 Occurrence)

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Mosaic (2 Occurrences)

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Colossians (1 Occurrence)
... They are exhorted to mind things that are above (3:1-4), to mortify every evil
principle of their nature, and to put on the new man (3:5-14). ...
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Concupiscence (3 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness ...
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Crucify (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to
mortify. 3. (vt) To vex or torment. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Fornication (52 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness ...
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Lewdness (68 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness ...
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Body (562 Occurrences)
... (Compare Romans 8:13 the King James Version "Mortify the deeds of the body.") 3.
Other Meanings: Between these two the various other meanings seem to range. ...
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Mortify (2 Occurrences)

Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
(KJV WBS)

Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(KJV WBS)

Mortify

Inordinate (2 Occurrences)

Mortgaging (1 Occurrence)

Mosaic (2 Occurrences)

Colossians (1 Occurrence)

Concupiscence (3 Occurrences)

Crucify (20 Occurrences)

Fornication (52 Occurrences)

Lewdness (68 Occurrences)

Body (562 Occurrences)

Affection (30 Occurrences)

Humiliate (3 Occurrences)

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