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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 132 times in 123 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 8:22–Act 17:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:22 - But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye 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, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 - And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

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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? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:16 - But Herod, when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:9 - And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:25 - For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto 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: ye do greatly err.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:7 - Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60 - But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 - Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22 - When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9 - The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:14 - This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10 - be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:10 - And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41 - not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the 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 BoxAct 13:34 - And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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