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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, and let the dead bury their own dead."

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 - As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - 'I am the God of Abraham, 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, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:9 - As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, 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 badly mistaken!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:7 - Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60 - But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again - he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31 - He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls 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 God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - and said to them, "Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22 - So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming - and is now here - when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9 - Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus 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 Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in 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 to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:10 - At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41 - not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed 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 BoxAct 13:34 - But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:32 - Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

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