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νεκρός

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greekNew TestamentAdjective128 occurrences18 books120 verses

Definition

νεκρός, -α, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for מֵת ;]

dead,

I. as adj.,

1. prop.: Acts 5:10; 20:9, James 2:26, Revelation 1:18, al.; ὡσεὶ ν., Matthew 28:4, Mark 9:26, Revelation 1:17; of that which is subject to death, Romans 8:10.

2. Metaphorical,

(a) of persons: Luke 15:24, 32; of those immersed in worldly cares, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:60; of spiritual death, John 5:25, Romans 6:13, Ephesians 5:14, Revelation 3:1; τ. παραπτώμασιν, Ephesians 2:1, 5 Colossians 2:13; of the opposite condition, ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Romans 6:11;

(b) of things regarded as inoperative, devoid of power: ἁμαρτία, Romans 7:8; πίστις, James 2:17, 26; ἔργα, Hebrews 6:1; 9:14.

II. As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom., al.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: Matthew 11:5, Mark 12:26, Luke 20:37, 1 Corinthians 15:15, al.; ἀνάστασις (τ.) νεκρῶν, Matthew 22:31, Acts 17:32, al.; ν. . . . ζῶντες, Matthew 22:32, Mark 12:27, Acts 10:42, al.; ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, Luke 16:30; ἐκ ν., Mark 6:14, Luke 24:46, John 12:1, Acts 13:34, Romans 10:7, al.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν., Colossians 1:18; ζωὴ ἐκ ν., Romans 11:15; constr. praegn., ἐκ ν. ζῶντες, Romans 6:13.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as νεκρός:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

128 total
  1. Acts 17:31νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  2. Acts 17:32νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
  3. Acts 20:9νεκρός · dead
    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
  4. Acts 23:6νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  5. Acts 24:21νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    …unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
  6. Acts 26:8νεκροὺς · [the] dead
    Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
  7. Acts 26:23νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
  8. Acts 28:6νεκρόν · dead
    The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
  9. Romans 1:4νεκρῶν · [from the] dead
    …and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
  10. Romans 4:17νεκροὺς · dead
    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  11. Romans 4:24νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  12. Romans 6:4νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  13. Romans 6:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
  14. Romans 6:11νεκροὺς · dead
    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
  15. Romans 6:13νεκρῶν · death
    Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
  16. Romans 7:4νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  17. Romans 7:8νεκρά · [is] dead
    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  18. Romans 8:10νεκρὸν · dead
    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
  19. Romans 8:11νεκρῶν · [the] dead; νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  20. Romans 10:7νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
  21. Romans 10:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
  22. Romans 11:15νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
  23. Romans 14:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
  24. 1 Corinthians 15:12νεκρῶν · [the] dead; νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  25. 1 Corinthians 15:13νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
  26. 1 Corinthians 15:15νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
  27. 1 Corinthians 15:16νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
  28. 1 Corinthians 15:20νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  29. 1 Corinthians 15:21νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
  30. 1 Corinthians 15:29νεκρῶν · dead; νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
  31. 1 Corinthians 15:32νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
  32. 1 Corinthians 15:35νεκροί · dead
    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
  33. 1 Corinthians 15:42νεκρῶν · dead
    So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
  34. 1 Corinthians 15:52νεκροὶ · dead
    …in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
  35. 2 Corinthians 1:9νεκρούς · dead
    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
  36. Galatians 1:1νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
  37. Ephesians 1:20νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  38. Ephesians 2:1νεκροὺς · dead
    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  39. Ephesians 2:5νεκροὺς · dead
    …made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  40. Ephesians 5:14νεκρῶν · dead
    So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  41. Philippians 3:11νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
  42. Colossians 1:18νεκρῶν · dead
    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
  43. Colossians 2:12νεκρῶν · the dead
    And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
  44. Colossians 2:13νεκροὺς · dead
    When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
  45. 1 Thessalonians 1:10νεκρῶν · dead
    …and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
  46. 1 Thessalonians 4:16νεκροὶ · dead
    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
  47. 2 Timothy 2:8νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,