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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. Matthew 8:22νεκροὺς · dead; νεκρούς · dead
    But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
  2. Matthew 10:8νεκροὺς · [the] dead
    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
  3. Matthew 11:5νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
  4. Matthew 14:2νεκρῶν · dead
    …and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
  5. Matthew 17:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
  6. Matthew 22:31νεκρῶν · dead
    But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
  7. Matthew 22:32νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    ‘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.”
  8. Matthew 23:27νεκρῶν · of dead [men’s]
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
  9. Matthew 27:64νεκρῶν · dead
    So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
  10. Matthew 28:4νεκροί · dead [men]
    The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.
  11. Matthew 28:7νεκρῶν · dead
    Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
  12. Mark 6:14νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
  13. Mark 9:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
  14. Mark 9:10νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
  15. Mark 9:26νεκρὸς · a corpse
    After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
  16. Mark 12:25νεκρῶν
    When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
  17. Mark 12:26νεκρῶν · dead
    But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
  18. Mark 12:27νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
  19. Luke 7:15νεκρὸς · dead [man]
    And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
  20. Luke 7:22νεκροὶ · [the] dead
    So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
  21. Luke 9:7νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
  22. Luke 9:60νεκροὺς · dead; νεκρούς · dead
    But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
  23. Luke 15:24νεκρὸς · dead
    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  24. Luke 15:32νεκρὸς · dead
    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
  25. Luke 16:30νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
  26. Luke 16:31νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
  27. Luke 20:35νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
  28. Luke 20:37νεκροὶ · dead
    Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
  29. Luke 20:38νεκρῶν · of [the] dead
    He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
  30. Luke 24:5νεκρῶν · dead
    As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
  31. Luke 24:46νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
  32. John 2:22νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  33. John 5:21νεκροὺς · dead
    For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
  34. John 5:25νεκροὶ · dead
    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  35. John 12:1νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  36. John 12:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  37. John 12:17νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
  38. John 20:9νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
  39. John 21:14νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
  40. Acts 3:15νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
  41. Acts 4:2νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
  42. Acts 4:10νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
  43. Acts 5:10νεκράν · dead
    At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
  44. Acts 10:41νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
  45. Acts 10:42νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
  46. Acts 13:30νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    But God raised Him from the dead,
  47. Acts 13:34νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
  48. Acts 17:3νεκρῶν · [the] dead
    …explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.