🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3498
G3498

νεκρός

nekrós [nek-ros'] Adjective
Core meaningdead

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G3498

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)

KJV usage: :--dead.
Etymology: from an apparently primary (a corpse);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

dead, without life, Mt. 11:5; 22:31; met. νεκρός τινι, dead to a thing, no longer devoted to, or under the influence of a thing, Rom. 6:11; dead in respect of fruitlessness, Jas. 2:17, 20, 26; morally or spiritually dead, Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:14; dead in alienation from God, Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13; subject to death, mortal, Rom. 8:10; causing death and misery, fatal, having a destructive power, Heb. 6:1; 9:14

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