Mortify

"to put to death" (from thanatos, "death," akin to thnetos, "mortal," see above), is translated "mortify" in Rom 8:13 (Amer. RV, "put to death"); in Rom 7:4, "ye were made dead" (Passive Voice), betokens the act of God on the believer, through the death of Christ; here in Rom 8:13 it is the act of the believer himself, as being responsible to answer to God's act, and to put to death "the deeds of the body." See DEATH, C, No. 1.

"to make dead" (from nekros, see DEAD, A), is used figuratively in Col 3:5 and translated "mortify" (Amer. RV, "put to death"). See DEAD, B, No. 1.