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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead G3498 works to serve the living God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:17 - For a testament is of force after men are dead: G3498 otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; G3498 from whence also he received him in a figure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women received their dead G3498 raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead G3498 our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:17 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, G3498 being alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:26 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, G3498 so faith without works is dead G3498 also.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:21 - Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, G3498 and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:5 - Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:6 - For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, G3498 that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, G3498 and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:17 - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. G3498 And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - I am he that liveth, and was dead; G3498 and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:8 - And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, G3498 and is alive;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:1 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, G3498 that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead G3498 which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:3 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead G3498 man: and every living soul died in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:5 - But the rest of the dead G3498 lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:12 - And I saw the dead, G3498 small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead G3498 were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:13 - And the sea gave up the dead G3498 which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead G3498 which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

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