SUICIDE

SUICIDE. → General scriptures concerning Am 9:2; Re 9:6 → Temptation to, of Jesus Mt 4:5,6; Lu 4:9,10,11 → Of the Philippian jailer Ac 16:27 → See DEATH, DESIRED → INSTANCES OF
* Samson Jud 16:29,30
* Saul and his armor-bearer 1Sa 31:4,5; 1Ch 10:4,5
* Ahithophel 2Sa 17:23
* Zimri 1Ki 16:18
* Judas Mt 27:5; Ac 1:18

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suicide. Suicide, n. self-murder, a self-murderer

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Su″i‐cide (?), n. [[L. sui of one's self (akin to suus one's own) + caedere to slay, to kill. Cf. So, adv., Homicide.]] 1. 1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.
2. 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
3. 3. Ruin of one's own interests. “Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide.” V. Knox.