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Lexicon :: Strong's G3499 - nekroō

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νεκρόω
Transliteration
nekroō (Key)
Pronunciation
nek-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:894,627

Strong’s Definitions

νεκρόω nekróō, nek-ro'-o; from G3498; to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue:—be dead, mortify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3499 in the following manner: be dead (2x), mortify (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3499 in the following manner: be dead (2x), mortify (1x).

  1. to make dead, to put to death, slay

  2. worn out

    1. of an impotent old man

  3. to deprive of power, destroy the strength of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νεκρόω nekróō, nek-ro'-o; from G3498; to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue:—be dead, mortify.
STRONGS G3499:
νεκρόω, νεκρῷ: 1 aorist imperative Νεκρώσατε; perfect passive participle νενεκρωμενος; to make dead (Vulg. and Latin Fathersmortifico), to put to death, slay: τινα, properly, Authol. app. 313, 5; passive νενεκρωμενος, hyperbolically, worn out, of an impotent old man, Hebrews 11:12; also σῶμα νενεκρωμενος, Romans 4:19; equivalent to to deprive of power, destroy the strength of: τά μέλη, i. e. the evil desire lurking in the members (of the body), Colossians 3:5. (τά δόγματα, Antoninus 7, 2; τήν ἕξιν, Plutarch, de primo frig. 21; (ἄνθρωπος, of obduracy, Epictetus diss. 1, 5, 7).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
4:19
Colossians
3:5
Hebrews
11:12

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Strong's Number G3499 matches the Greek νεκρόω (nekroō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness[fn] of Sarah’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:[fn] sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
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