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GreekG3498Adjective

νεκρός

nekros

124Occurrences
G3498Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)

from an apparently primary (a corpse);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
dead
I
as adj.
1.prop.
2.Metaphorical
(a)of persons
(b)of things regarded as inoperative, devoid of power
II
As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: , *ἀνάστασις *(τ.) νεκρῶν, ν. . ζῶντες, ἀπὸ νεκρῶν; ἐκ ν., πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν.; ζωὴ ἐκ ν.; constr. praegn., ἐκ ν. ζῶντες.
LXX: chiefly for מֵת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

νεκρός appears 124 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
18
Romans
16
Luke
13
1 Corinthians
11
Matthew
11
Revelation
11
Mark
9
John
8

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:12BSB

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?

Acts 17:3BSB

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.

Hebrews 13:20BSB

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

Luke 7:15BSB

And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Philippians 3:11BSB

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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