Limited to Mt. 2:20; Mk. 15:44; Lk. 7:12; 8:49; Jn. 11:21, 39, 41, 44; 12:1; 19:33; Acts 14:19; 25:19; 1 Tim. 5:6, the Greek verb “thnesko” meant “die.”  Paul’s use of this term in 1 Tim. 5:6 is especially interesting—some are “dead” while they “live.”