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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun and Adjective Strong's Number: g3498 Greek: nekros

Dead:

is used of

(a) the death of the body, cp. Jam 2:26, its most frequent sense:

(b) the actual spiritual condition of unsaved men, Mat 8:22; Jhn 5:25; Eph 2:1, 5; 5:14; Phl 3:11; Col 2:13; cp. Luk 15:24:

(c) the ideal spiritual condition of believers in regard to sin, Rom 6:11:

(d) a church in declension, inasmuch as in that state it is inactive and barren, Rev 3:1:

(e) sin, which apart from law cannot produce a sense of guilt, Rom 7:8:

(f) the body of the believer in contrast to his spirit, Rom 8:10:

(g) the works of the Law, inasmuch as, however good in themselves, Rom 7:13, they cannot produce life, Hbr 6:1; 9:14:

(h) the faith that does not produce works, Jam 2:17, 26; cp. ver. 20. *
[* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 143.]

B-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3499 Greek: nekroo

Dead:

"to put to death," is used in the Active Voice in the sense of destroying the strength of, depriving of power, with reference to the evil desires which work in the body, Col 3:5. In the Passive Voice it is used of Abraham's body as being "as good as dead," Rom 4:19 with Hbr 11:12.

B-2 Verb Strong's Number: g2289 Greek: thanatoo

Dead:

"to put to death:" see DEATH, C, No. 1.

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