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Lexicon :: Strong's G3498 - nekros

Aa
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 - And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,[fn] cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[fn] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 - And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’[fn] name had become known. Some[fn] said, “John the Baptist[fn] has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:9 - And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them 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 - And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to 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

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:27 - He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus[fn] gave him to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers[fn] are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:7 - Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:60 - And Jesus[fn] said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 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 celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31 - He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, 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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour 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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:9 - When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus[fn] was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:14 - This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 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 of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:10 - Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. 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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34 - And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,
“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:32 - Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

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