1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἔσχατος
G2078 A-NSM
eschatos
farthest, final (of place or time)
  • extreme
    • last in time or in place
    • "last in a series of places"last in a temporal succession
    the last
    • last, referring to time
    • "of space, the uttermost part, the end, of the earth"of rank, grade of worth, last i.e., lowest
ἐχθρὸς
G2190 A-NSM
echthros
hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan)
  • hated, odious, hateful
  • "hostile, hating, and opposing another
    • used of men as at enmity with God by their sin
      • opposing (God) in the mind
      • "a man that is hostile"a certain enemy"the hostile one"the devil who is the most bitter enemy of the divine government
καταργεῖται
G2673 V-PPI-3S
katargeō
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
  • to render idle, unemployed, inactivate, inoperative
    • to cause a person or thing to have no further efficiency
    • "to deprive of force, influence, power
    to cause to cease, put an end to, do away with, annul, abolish
    • to cease, to pass away, be done away
    • "to be severed from, separated from, discharged from, loosed from any one"to terminate all intercourse with one
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
θάνατος·
G2288 N-NSM
thanatos
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
  • the death of the body
    • that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
    • "with the implied idea of future misery in hell
      • the power of death
      since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e., figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
    metaphorically, the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
    • the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
    the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell"in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell

ἔσχατος ἐχθρὸς καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος·
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The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Cross References

2 Timothy 1:10

φανερωθεῖσαν δὲ νῦν διὰ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καταργήσαντος μὲν τὸν θάνατον φωτίσαντος δὲ ζωὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
10
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought to light life and immortality through the gospel:

1 Corinthians 15:55

ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ κέντρον ποῦ σου ᾅδη τὸ νῖκος
55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Revelation 21:4

καὶ ἐξαλείψει Θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν καὶ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγὴ οὔτε πόνος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι ὅτι τὰ πρῶτα ἀπῆλθον
4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 20:14

καὶ θάνατος καὶ ᾅδης ἐβλήθησαν εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός οὗτος ἐστιν δεύτερός θάνατος
14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Isaiah 25:8

בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וּמָחָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה דִּמְעָה מֵעַל כָּל-פָּנִים וְחֶרְפַּת עַמּוֹ יָסִיר מֵעַל כָּל-הָאָרֶץ כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּֽר׃
8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Hebrews 2:14

ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν σαρκός καὶ αἵματος καὶ αὐτὸς παραπλησίως μετέσχεν τῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα διὰ τοῦ θανάτου καταργήσῃ τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου τοῦτ' ἔστιν τὸν διάβολον
14
Forasmuch as then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also took himself likewise part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Luke 20:36

οὔτε γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύνανται ἰσάγγελοι γάρ εἰσιν καὶ υἱοί εἰσιν τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς ἀναστάσεως υἱοὶ ὄντες
36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Hosea 13:14

מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָֽטָבְךָ שְׁאוֹל נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָֽי׃
14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.