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GreekG3499Verb

νεκρόω

nekroō

3Occurrences
G3499Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue

from G3498 (νεκρός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to make dead, put to death; pass., to be dead: hyperbolically, of impotent age; σῶμα. Trop., of carnal impulses, τὰ μέλη.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

νεκρόω appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Colossians
1
Hebrews
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Colossians 3:5BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Hebrews 11:12BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Romans 4:19BSB

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.