νεκρός
Transliteration
nekros (Key)
Pronunciation
nek-ros'
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an apparently primary nekus (a corpse)
mGNT
128x in 13 unique form(s) TR
132x in 13 unique form(s) LXX
48x in 14 unique form(s)
νεκρά — 4x
νεκράν — 1x
νεκροὶ — 12x
νεκροί — 2x
νεκροῖς — 2x
νεκρὸν — 1x
νεκρόν — 2x
νεκρὸς — 6x
νεκρός — 3x
νεκροῦ — 1x
νεκροὺς — 13x
νεκρούς — 6x
νεκρῶν — 79x
νεκρά — 3x
νεκράν — 1x
νεκροὶ — 12x
νεκροί — 2x
νεκρὸν — 1x
νεκρόν — 2x
νεκρὸς — 6x
νεκρός — 3x
νεκροῖς — 2x
νεκροῦ — 1x
νεκροὺς — 13x
νεκρούς — 6x
νεκρῶν — 76x
νεκρά — 2x
νεκρὰς — 1x
νεκροὶ — 8x
νεκροί — 4x
νεκροῗς — 2x
νεκρὸν — 2x
νεκρόν — 8x
νεκρὸς — 2x
νεκρός — 1x
νεκροῦ — 2x
νεκροὺς — 7x
νεκρούς — 3x
νεκρῷ — 2x
νεκρῶν — 4x
Dictionary Aids

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TDNT Reference: 4:892,627

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

νεκρός nekrós, nek-ros'; from an apparently primary νέκυς nékys (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):—dead.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x

The KJV translates Strong's G3498 in the following manner: dead (132x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x
The KJV translates Strong's G3498 in the following manner: dead (132x).

  1. properly

    1. one that has breathed his last, lifeless

    2. deceased, departed, one whose soul is in heaven or hell

    3. destitute of life, without life, inanimate

  2. metaph.

    1. spiritually dead

      1. destitute of a life that recognises and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins

      2. inactive as respects doing right

    2. destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νεκρός nekrós, nek-ros'; from an apparently primary νέκυς nékys (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):—dead.
STRONGS G3498:
νεκρός, νεκρά, νεκρόν (akin to the Latinneco, nex (from a root signifying 'to disappear' etc.; cf. Curtius, § 93; Fick i., p. 123; Vanicek, p. 422f)), the Sept. chiefly for מֵת; dead, i. e.:
1. properly,
a. one that has breathed his last, lifeless: Matthew 28:4; Mark 9:26; Luke 7:15; Acts 5:10; Acts 20:9; Acts 28:6; Hebrews 11:35; Revelation 1:17; ἐπί νεκροῖς, if men are dead (where death has occurred (see ἐπί, Buttmann, 2 a. ε., p. 233a at the end)), Hebrews 9:17; ἐγείρειν νεκρούς, Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Luke 7:22; hyperbolically and proleptically equivalent to as if already dead, sure to die, destined inevitably to die: τό σῶμα, Romans 8:10 (τό σῶμα and τό σωμάτιον φύσει νεκρόν, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 15 and 3, 22, 41; in which sense Luther called the human body, although alive,einen alten Madensack (cf. Shakespeare's "thou worms-meat!")); said of the body of a dead man (so in Homer often; for נְבֵלָה a corpse Deuteronomy 28:26; Isaiah 26:19; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 19:7): μετά τῶν νεκρῶν, among the dead, i. e. the buried, Luke 24:5; θάψαι τούς νεκρούς, Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60; ὀστέα νεκρῶν, Matthew 23:27; of the corpse of a murdered man, αἷμα ὡς νεκροῦ, Revelation 16:3 (for הָרוּג, Ezekiel 37:9; for חָלָל,thrust through, slain, Ezekiel 9:7; Ezekiel 11:6).
b. deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades: Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:8; νεκρός ἦν, was like one dead, as good as dead, Luke 15:24, 32; plural, 1 Corinthians 15:29; Revelation 14:13; ἐν Χριστῷ, dead Christians (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), 1 Thessalonians 4:16; very often οἱ νεκροί and νεκροί (without the article; see Winers Grammar, p. 123 (117) and cf. Buttmann, 89 (78) note) are used of the assembly of the dead (see ἀνάστασις, 2 and ἐγείρω, 2): 1 Peter 4:6; Revelation 20:5, 12f; τίς ἀπό τῶν νεκρῶν, one (returning) from the dead, the world of spirits, Luke 16:30; ἐκ νεκρῶν, from the dead, occurs times too many to count (see ἀνάστασις, ἀνίστημι, ἐγεριω): ἀνάγειν τινα ἐκ νεκρῶν, Romans 10:7; Hebrews 13:20; ζωή ἐκ νεκρῶν, life springing forth from death, i. e. the return of the dead to life (see ἐκ, I. 5), Romans 11:15; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν who was the first that returned to life from among the dead, Colossians 1:18; also πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν Revelation 1:5; ζοωποίειν τούς νεκρούς Romans 4:17; ἐγείρειν τινα ἀπό τῶν νεκρῶν, to rouse one to quit (the assembly of) the dead, Matthew 14:2; Matthew 27:64; Matthew 28:7; κρίνειν ζῶντας καί νεκρούς, 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5; κριτής ζώντων καί νεκρῶν, Acts 10:42; νεκρῶν καί ζώντων κυριεύειν, Romans 14:9.
c. destitute of life, without life, inanimate (equivalent to ἄψυχος): τό σῶμα χωρίς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, James 2:26; οὐκ ἐστιν (ὁ) Θεός νεκρῶν ἀλλά ζώντων, God is the guardian God not of the dead but of the living, Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:27; Luke 20:38.
2. tropically:
a. (spiritually dead, i. e.) "destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins; inactive as respects doing right": John 5:25; Romans 6:13; Ephesians 5:14; Revelation 3:1; with τοῖς παραπτώμασιν (the dative of cause (cf. Winer's Grammar, 412 (384f))) added, Ephesians 2:1, 5; ἐν (but T Tr WH omit ἐν) τοῖς παραπτοις Colossians 2:13; in the pointed saying ἄφες τούς νεκρούς θάψαι τούς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, leave those who are indifferent to the salvation offered them in the gospel, to bury thee bodies of their own dead, Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60.
b. universally, destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative: τῇ ἁμαρτία, unaffected by the desire to sin (cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (199); Buttmann, § 133, 12), Romans 6:11; of things: ἁμαρτία, Romans 7:8; πίστις, James 2:17, 20 (R G), 26; ἔργα, powerless and fruitless (see ἔργον, 3, p. 248b bottom), Hebrews 6:1; Hebrews 9:14. (Cf. θνητός, at the end)
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References

Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:26
Isaiah
Isaiah 26:19
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 19:7
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 9:7; Ezekiel 11:6; Ezekiel 37:9
Matthew
Matthew 8:22; Matthew 8:22; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 14:2; Matthew 22:32; Matthew 23:27; Matthew 27:64; Matthew 28:4; Matthew 28:7
Mark
Mark 9:26; Mark 12:27
Luke
Luke 7:15; Luke 7:22; Luke 9:60; Luke 9:60; Luke 15:24; Luke 15:32; Luke 16:30; Luke 20:38; Luke 24:5
John
John 5:25
Acts
Acts 5:10; Acts 10:42; Acts 20:9; Acts 28:6
Romans
Romans 4:17; Romans 6:11; Romans 6:13; Romans 7:8; Romans 8:10; Romans 10:7; Romans 11:15; Romans 14:9
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 15:29
Ephesians
Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5; Ephesians 5:14
Colossians
Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:13
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 4:16
2 Timothy
2 Timothy 4:1
Hebrews
Hebrews 6:1; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:17; Hebrews 11:35; Hebrews 13:20
James
James 2:17; James 2:20; James 2:26
1 Peter
1 Peter 4:5; 1 Peter 4:6
Revelation
Revelation 1:5; Revelation 1:17; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 3:1; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 16:3; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:12
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