p. bsad pa/ f. gsad pa/ imp. sod/
Biblical: to kill, 1) literally: khong bzung nas gsod pa'i thabs/ a way to arrest and kill him (Mk. 14:1); 2) figuratively: bka' khrims kyi yi ges ni gsod/ the letter of the law kills (2 Cor. 3:6).
Buddhist: 1) Killing other living beings, from insects to humans, is regarded as a serious moral offence, and a cause of rebirth in the hell realms (KTM). ra de bsad na srog bcad pa'i nyes pa yod/ if I kill the goat, that's the sin of killing (DPD), dge 'dun pa mang po bsad pa/ many monks were killed (TRC 114), zhe sdang gis gsod pa/ to kill on account of hatred (TRC 243), nya bsad nas za gi yod pa red/ killing and eating fish (TRC 258); 2) to remove or to blot out: dka' ngal khyad bsad/ removing particularly difficult problems (KTM); 3) as a figure of speech: mda' gcig gis shwa ba gnyis bsad/ [lit. kill two deer with one arrow] same as English "kill two birds with one stone"; accomplish two things at once (TQP 121).
or 'grong / or bkrongs/ p. 'grong / [hon.]
Biblical: to die: khong 'grong bar 'gyur/ they will kill him [lit. make him dead] (Mt. 17:23), he ro des khyed 'grong bar 'dod/ Herod wants to kill you. (Lk. 13:31).
p. bcad/ f. gcad/ [lit. life + cut]
Biblical: to kill or murder: srog skyob chog gam gcod chog to save life or to kill (Mk. 3:4), rang srog rang gis gcod dam/ will he kill himself (Jn. 8:22).
Buddhist: srog gcod pa/ is to take life. It is one of the ten non-virtues and implies the moral offense of murder. Its punishment is rebirth in the lower realms (TRC 245).
Cognates: srog gtong / to sacrifice (KTM).
p. byas/ f. bya/ imp. byos/
Biblical: destroy, do away with: khong med par byed pa'i thabs btsal to/ they looked for a way to kill him (Mk. 11:18), kho'ang med par byas pa'i rjes su/ after he too was killed (Acts 5:37).
p. bcad/ f. gcad/
Biblical: destroy, annihilate: rgun tshal mkhan de rnams tshar bcad/ he will destroy those vineyard workers (Lk. 20:16).