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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 48 times in 46 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me [fn]a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear us, my lord, you are a [fn]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your [fn]wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:5 - ‘They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - ‘Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:1 - “You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor [fn]shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:11 - or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “Your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered [fn]with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - It came about on the [fn]next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that [fn]princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then [fn]you would be pleased.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [fn]men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were [fn]dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - His servants drove [fn]his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:12 - I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:4 - I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit;
I have become like a man without strength,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:10 - Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will the [fn]departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:28 - They joined themselves also to [fn]Baal-peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17 - The dead do not praise [fn]the LORD,
Nor do any who go down into silence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
And [fn]their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - “But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like [fn]a rejected branch,
[fn]Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - You who were full of noise,
You boisterous town, you exultant city;
Your slain were not slain with the sword,
Nor [fn]did they die in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:14 - The dead will not live, the [fn]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead will live;
[fn]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [fn]dawn,
And the earth will [fn]give birth to the [fn]departed spirits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - So their slain will be thrown out,
And their corpses [fn]will give off their stench,
And the mountains will [fn]be drenched with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [fn]men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were [fn]dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Speak, “Thus says the LORD,
‘The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field,
And like the sheaf after the reaper,
But no one will gather them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - ‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6 - In dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And He said to them, “Defile the [fn]temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:6 - “You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with [fn]them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of [fn]the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but [fn]I will bring you out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’”
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