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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)
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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 1 / 3 (Mat 8:22–Act 17:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:22 - But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me [believing in Me as Master and Teacher], and allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - the BLIND RECEIVE [their] SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - and said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and that is why the miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 -

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - “But as to the resurrection of the dead—have you not read [in the Scripture] what God said to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 -

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - “Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - The guards shook, paralyzed with fear [at the sight] of him and became like dead men [pale and immobile].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - “Then go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee [as He promised]. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 -

King Herod [Antipas] heard about this, for Jesus’ name and reputation had become well known. People were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:9 -

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus expressly ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, [fn]discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - After screaming out and throwing him into a terrible convulsion, it came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse [so still and pale] that many [of the spectators] said, “He is dead!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:25 - “For when they rise from the dead, they do not marry nor are they given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - “But concerning the raising of the dead, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:27 - “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken and you are deceiving yourselves!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - The man who was dead sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - So He replied to them, “Go and tell John about everything you have seen and heard: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE GOOD NEWS (gospel) PREACHED TO THEM.

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Now Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch [who governed a portion of Palestine including Galilee and Perea] heard about all that was being done [by Jesus], and he was thoroughly perplexed, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist whom he had ordered beheaded] had been raised from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60 - But He said to him, “Allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and spread the news about the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - for this son of mine was [as good as] dead and is alive again; he was lost and has been found.’ So they began to celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - ‘But it was fitting to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was [as good as] dead and has begun to live. He was lost and has been found.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - “He replied, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31 - “And he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to [the messages of] Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - but those who are considered worthy to gain that [other world and that future] age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - “But [as for the fact] that the dead are raised [from death], even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 - “Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living [so these forefathers will be among the resurrected]; for all live [in a definite relationship] to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - and as the women were terrified and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you looking for the living One among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - and said, “And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22 - So when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered what He had said. And they believed and trusted in and relied on the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - “Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life [and allows them to live on], even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 -

Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom He had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9 -

A large crowd of Jews learned that He was there [at Bethany]; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to tell others about Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:14 - This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples, after He had risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - “But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10 - let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:10 - And at once she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41 - not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen and designated beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank together with Him after He rose from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - “He commanded us to preach to the people [both Jew and Gentile], and to solemnly testify that He is the One who has been appointed and ordained by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:30 - “But God raised Him from the dead;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34 - “And [as for the fact] that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay [in the grave], He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND SURE blessings OF DAVID [those blessings and mercies that were promised to him].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - explaining and pointing out [scriptural evidence] that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:32 -

Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, [fn]some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.”


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