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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 128 times in 120 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Act 20:9–Heb 9:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - And there was a young man named [fn]Eutychus sitting on the windowsill, sinking into a deep sleep. And as Paul kept on talking, he sunk into that sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead G3498.

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But knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead G3498!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 - other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead G3498 I am on trial before you today.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - “Why is it considered unbelievable among all of you if God does raise the dead G3498?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - [fn]that the [fn]Christ was [fn]to suffer, and [fn]that as first of the resurrection from the dead G3498, He was going to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:6 - But they were waiting for him to soon swell up or suddenly fall down dead G3498. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, changing their minds, they began to say that he was a god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:4 - who was designated as the Son of God in power, according to the [fn]Spirit of holiness, [fn]by the resurrection from the dead G3498, Jesus Christ our Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”—in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead G3498 and [fn]calls into being that which does not exist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:24 - but for our sake also, to whom it will be counted, as those who believe upon Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead G3498,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:4 - Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead G3498 through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:9 - knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead G3498, [fn]is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:11 - Even so consider yourselves to be dead G3498 to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - and do not go on presenting your members to sin as [fn]instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead G3498, and your members as [fn]instruments of righteousness to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:4 -

So, my brothers, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead G3498, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, worked out in me [fn]coveting of every kind. For apart [fn]from the Law sin is dead G3498.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:10 - But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead G3498 because of sin, yet the spirit is [fn]alive because of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead G3498 dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead G3498 will also give life to your mortal bodies [fn]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:7 - or ‘WHO WILL GO DOWN INTO THE ABYSS?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead G3498).”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:9 - [fn]that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead G3498, you will be saved;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:15 - For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead G3498?

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:12 -

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead G3498, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead G3498?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:13 - But if there is no resurrection of the dead G3498, not even Christ has been raised.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:15 - Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness [fn]against God that He raised [fn]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead G3498 are not raised.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:16 - For if the dead G3498 are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 -

But now Christ has been raised from the dead G3498, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:29 -

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized [fn]for the dead G3498? If the dead G3498 are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:32 - If [fn]from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead G3498 are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:35 -

But someone will say, “How are the dead G3498 raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 -

So also is the resurrection of the dead G3498. It is sown [fn]a corruptible body, it is raised [fn]an incorruptible body;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:9 - [fn]Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not have confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead G3498;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:1 -

Paul, an apostle—not sent from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead G3498—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 - which He worked in Christ, by raising Him from the dead G3498 and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:1 -

And you [fn]were dead G3498 [fn]in your transgressions and sins,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:5 - even when we were dead G3498 [fn]in our transgressions, made us alive together [fn]with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:14 - For this reason [fn]it says,

“Awake, sleeper,

And arise from the dead G3498,

And Christ will shine on you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:11 - [fn]in order that I may attain to the resurrection from 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, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:12 - having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead G3498.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - And you being dead G3498 [fn]in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him, having graciously forgiven us all our transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:10 - and to wait for His Son from [fn]heaven, whom He raised from the dead G3498, Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:16 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a [fn]shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead G3498 in Christ will rise first.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:8 -

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead G3498, of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:1 -

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead G3498, and by His appearing and His kingdom:

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Therefore leaving the [fn]elementary teaching about the [fn]Christ, let us press on to [fn]maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead G3498 works and of faith toward God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:2 - of teaching about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead G3498 and eternal judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through [fn]the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse [fn]your conscience from dead G3498 works to serve the living God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - For a [fn]covenant is valid only when [fn]men are dead G3498, [fn]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

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