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Strong G3498νεκρός

dead

Transliteration
nekros
Pronunciation
nek-ros'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From an apparently primary word νέκυς nekus (a corpse);
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun): - dead.

Detailed definition

νεκρός, -α, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for מֵת;]
dead,
I. as adj.,
1. prop.: Act.5:10 20:9, Jas.2:26, Rev.1:18, al.; ὡσεὶ ν., Mat.28:4, Mrk.9:26, Rev.1:17; of that which is subject to death, Rom.8:10.

2. Metaphorical,
__(a) of persons: Luk.15:24, 32; of those immersed in worldly cares, Mat.8:22, Luk.9:60; of spiritual death, Jhn.5:25, Rom.6:13, Eph.5:14, Rev.3:1; τ. παραπτώμασιν, Eph.2:1, 5 Col.2:13; of the opposite condition, ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:11;
__(b) of things regarded as inoperative, devoid of power: ἁμαρτία, Rom.7:8; πίστις, Jas.2:17, 26; ἔργα, Heb.6:1 9:14.

II. As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom., al.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: Mat.11:5, Mrk.12:26, Luk.20:37, 1Co.15:15, al.; ἀνάστασις (τ.) νεκρῶν, Mat.22:31, Act.17:32, al.; ν.... ζῶντες, Mat.22:32, Mrk.12:27, Act.10:42, al.; ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, Luk.16:30; ἐκ ν., Mrk.6:14, Luk.24:46, Jhn.12:1, Act.13:34, Rom.10:7, al.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν., Col.1:18; ζωὴ ἐκ ν., Rom.11:15; constr. praegn., ἐκ ν. ζῶντες, Rom.6:13.
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In the Bible

Strong G3498 appears in 123 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • dead125
  • man1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:22
    But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
  2. Matthew 10:8
    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
  3. Matthew 11:5
    The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
  4. Matthew 14:2
    And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
  5. Matthew 17:9
    And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
  6. Matthew 22:31
    But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
  7. Matthew 22:32
    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
  8. Matthew 23:27
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  9. Matthew 27:64
    Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
  10. Matthew 28:4
    And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
  11. Matthew 28:7
    And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
  12. Mark 6:14
    And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
  13. Mark 6:16
    But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
  14. Mark 9:9
    And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
  15. Mark 9:10
    And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
  16. Mark 9:26
    And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
  17. Mark 12:25
    For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
  18. Mark 12:26
    And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
  19. Mark 12:27
    He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
  20. Luke 7:15
    And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
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νεκρός, ὁ
(of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 129))], corpse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]: as substantive, in early writers always of mankind, νεκροὺς συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.71; ν. ἔρυον κατατεθνηῶτας 18.540)]: frequently of those killed in battle, τοὺς ν. ὑποσπόνδους ἀνείλοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, etc.: in _sing._, νεκρῷ ἐούσῃ Μελίσσῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. η; κεῖται ν. περὶ νεκρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1240, etc.; Πατρόκλῳ ν. ὄντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391b: the _Article_ is frequently omitted even of a particular corpse, especially when a _genitive_ is added, ν. γυναικός, ἀνθρώπου, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89, 90, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 659, “Th.” 1018)]; later, of a fish, ν. ἰχθύος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 6.13: _neuter_ _plural_ νεκρά, τά, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.773d: _metaphorically_, νεκρὰ καὶ καπνός 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 12.33.)]
2 dying person, μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 789; ν. ἀσπαίροντες 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.5; ν. ἀποθνῄσκοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52.)]
3 metaphorically, ὁ υἱός μου ν. ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε [NT (NT.Luke.15.24; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς καὶ ν. εἶ NT.Rev.3.1; ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ NT.Rom.6.11.)]
4 in plural, the dead, as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.526, compare 11.34, etc.; ἐν νεκροῖς LXX.Psa.87(88).5; ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι NT.John.12.1; ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ ἐκ ν. NT.Luke.20.35: _metaphorically_, ζωὴ ἐκ ν. NT.Rom.11.15.)]
II as adjective νεκρός, ά, όν, dead, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, ν. ἵππος “fragment” 203)]; ν. σώματα Mitteis [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Chr.” 31 ii 22 (2nd c.BC), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.5, compare 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 58 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.685b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus Eph.5.1, “POxy.” 51.8 (2nd c.AD), “BGU” 1024vii26 (4th-5th c.AD))] (but also τὰ τῶν ν. σώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959b; σῶμα.. νεκροῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 679); ν. χελώνη 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 7.4)]: comparative -ότερος[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.135 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 inanimate, inorganic, opposed to ἔμψυχος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.6.6)]; οὐχὶ ν., ὥσπερ λίθον ἢ ξύλον, ἀλλὰ ζῶν [Refs ([prev. author] 4.7.9; οὐρανὸς.. ὢν πρὸ ψυχῆς σῶμα ν., γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ [prev. author] 5.1.2)]; ἡ ν. θάλασσα the [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Dead” Sea, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.7.4, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.690, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1082.)]
II.3 metaphorically, ν. πλοῦτος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.1.1.)]