νεκρός nekros

Greek word for “dead” · Strong’s G3498 · used 128 times in 120 verses

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Meaning

νεκρός, -α, -ον; dead;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nekros in context, with how often each is used:

• dead 118
• dead? 4
• dead men 1
• dead man 1
• over the dead 1
• dead — 1
• death 1
• one dead 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (11), Romans 6 (4), Mark 9 (3), Mark 12 (3), Luke 20 (3), John 12 (3), Acts 17 (3), Revelation 1 (3), Revelation 20 (3), Matthew 22 (2)

Forms

• νεκρῶν 76
• νεκροὺς 13
• νεκροὶ 11
• νεκρὸς 7
• νεκρούς 6
• νεκροί 3
• νεκρά 3
• νεκρός 2
• νεκρόν 2
• νεκροῖς 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nekros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 46
• ἀνάστασις anastasis “resurrection” 16
• ζάω zaō “to live” 20
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 12
• κρίνω krinō “to judge” 10
• εἰ ei “if” 14
• ἔργον ergon “work” 8
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 8
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 8
• κατά kata “according to” 9
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 6
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 6

Key verses

The verses using nekros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to…
• Acts 17:31 — Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto…
• Ephesians 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• 1 Thessalonians 1:10 — And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Peter 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of…
• 1 Peter 1:21 — Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Revelation 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.