Help QuickNav Adv. Options
WEB

WEB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3498 - nekros

Choose a new font size and typeface
νεκρός
Transliteration
nekros (Key)
Pronunciation
nek-ros'
Listen
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:22 - But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:8

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 - And as they were descending the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be raised again from the dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:31

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:32

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitened sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error will be worse than the first.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - And for fear of him the keepers trembled and became as dead men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist had risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:16 - But when Herod heard of him, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he hath risen from the dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:9

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - And the spirit cried, and rent him severely, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:25

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - And concerning the dead that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:27 - He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:15

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - Then Jesus answering, said to them, Go, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:7

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60 - Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:24

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:31

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - But they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:38

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:5

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22 - When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - For as the Father raiseth the dead, and reviveth them; even so the Son reviveth whom he will.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:25

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9 - Many people of the Jews therefore knew 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - The people therefore that were with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bore testimony.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:9

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:14

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:10

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:10 - Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and expired. And the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:41

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:30 - But God raised him from the dead:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34 - And as concerning that he raised him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - Opening and alledging, that it was needful that Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:31

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

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Mat 8:22–Act 17:31) Mat 8:22–Act 17:31

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Act 17:32–Heb 6:2

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Heb 9:14–Rev 20:13

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
WEB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
WEB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan