Strong G3499νεκρόω
to put to death
- Transliteration
- nekroō
- Pronunciation
- nek-ro'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3498; to deaden that is (figuratively) to subdue: - be dead mortify.
Detailed definition
νεκρόω, ῶ
(νεκρός),
to make dead, put to death; pass., to be dead: hyperbolically, of impotent age, Heb.11:12; σῶμα, Rom.4:19. Trop., of carnal impulses, τὰ μέλη, Col.3:5.†
(AS)
(νεκρός),
to make dead, put to death; pass., to be dead: hyperbolically, of impotent age, Heb.11:12; σῶμα, Rom.4:19. Trop., of carnal impulses, τὰ μέλη, Col.3:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3499 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dead2
- mortify1
First verses
- Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
- Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νεκρ-όω,
make dead, mortify, μόριόν τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.265)]:—passive, νενεκρῶσθαι τὸ μόριον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 18(1).156: _metaphorically_, τὰ δόγματα.. δύναται νεκρωθῆναι 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.2; οὐ ψυχὴ κυρίως, ἀλλὰ νενεκρωμένη τις 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 1066.27)]; to be dead, νεκρωθείς [Refs (“IG” 14.1976)]; νενεκρωμένος, of the body of Abraham, [NT (NT.Rom.4.19.)]
II metaphorically, mortify, νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη [NT (NT.Col.3.5.)]
make dead, mortify, μόριόν τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.265)]:—passive, νενεκρῶσθαι τὸ μόριον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 18(1).156: _metaphorically_, τὰ δόγματα.. δύναται νεκρωθῆναι 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.2; οὐ ψυχὴ κυρίως, ἀλλὰ νενεκρωμένη τις 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 1066.27)]; to be dead, νεκρωθείς [Refs (“IG” 14.1976)]; νενεκρωμένος, of the body of Abraham, [NT (NT.Rom.4.19.)]
II metaphorically, mortify, νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη [NT (NT.Col.3.5.)]