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Lexicon :: Strong's G3498 - nekros

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νεκρός
Transliteration
nekros (Key)
Pronunciation
nek-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an apparently primary nekus (a corpse)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3498 matches the Greek νεκρός (nekros),
which occurs 132 times in 123 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Act 17:32–Heb 6:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:32 - And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, G3498 some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:6 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead G3498 I am called in question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:15 - And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, G3498 both of the just and unjust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 - Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead G3498 I am called in question by you this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, G3498 and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:6 - Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead G3498 suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:4 - And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, G3498 and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:24 - But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:4 - Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead G3498 by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:9 - Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead G3498 dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:11 - Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead G3498 indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, G3498 and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:4 - Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, G3498 that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:10 - And if Christ be in you, the body is dead G3498 because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead G3498 dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead G3498 shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:7 - Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, G3498 thou shalt be saved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:15 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:9 - For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead G3498 and living.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:12 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, G3498 how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:13 - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, G3498 then is Christ not risen:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:15 - Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead G3498 rise not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:16 - For if the dead G3498 rise not, then is not Christ raised:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, G3498 and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:21 - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:29 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, G3498 if the dead G3498 rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:32 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead G3498 rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:35 - But some man will say, How are the dead G3498 raised up? and with what body do they come?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. G3498 It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:52 - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead G3498 shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:9 - But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:1 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 - Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, G3498 and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:1 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead G3498 in trespasses and sins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:5 - Even when we were dead G3498 in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:14 - Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, G3498 and Christ shall give thee light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:11 - If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:18 - And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; G3498 that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:12 - Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - And you, being dead G3498 in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:10 - And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, G3498 even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:16 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead G3498 in Christ shall rise first:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:8 - Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead G3498 according to my gospel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:1 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead G3498 at his appearing and his kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:1 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead G3498 works, and of faith toward God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:2 - Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, G3498 and of eternal judgment.

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