Noah Webster's Dictionary 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. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia 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"make to die," and Colossians 3:5, nekroo, the English Revised Version margin "make dead"): This sense of mortify is obsolete in modern English, and the American Standard Revised Version in both places substitutes "put to death," with great advantage.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

Multi-Version Concordance 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)