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Greek adjective · G3498

νεκρός

nekrosnek-ros'

prop.; Metaphorical

128 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nekrós

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3498is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 16
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3498

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)

The King James renders it: dead.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nekros is rendered "prop.; Metaphorical". It stands 128 times in the Greek text, across eighteen books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Matthew 8:22νεκροὺς

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: prop., and Metaphorical.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
prop.Act.5:10 20:9Tagged as
  • dead110
  • of dead12
  • dead —1
  • death1
  • from dead1
  • over dead1
  • the dead1
  • to dead1
WhereMatthew 28:4The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.
Metaphorical__(a) of personsTagged aslisted under the tableWhereMatthew 8:22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

νεκρόωnekrooto put to deathUses3
νέκρωσιςnekrosisdeathUses2

The words it stands beside

All 128, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • νεκρῶν73
  • νεκροὺς13
  • νεκροὶ11
  • νεκρὸς7
  • νεκρούς5
  • νεκρά3
  • νεκρῶν.¶3
  • νεκροί2
  • νεκροῖς2
  • νεκρόν2
  • νεκρός2
  • νεκράν1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural74A-GPM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural19A-APM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural14A-NPM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular9A-NSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3A-NSF
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2A-GPN
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2A-NSN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM

Matthew

twelve uses
  • But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

    Matthew 8:22

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκρούς.¶nekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

    Matthew 10:8

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Matthew 11:5

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.”

    Matthew 14:2

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.”

    Matthew 17:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

    Matthew 22:31

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.”

    Matthew 22:32

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • 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.

    Matthew 23:27

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of 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.”

    Matthew 27:64

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

    Matthew 28:4

    • νεκροί.¶nekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.”

    Matthew 28:7

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Mark

seven uses
  • 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.”

    Mark 6:14

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Mark 9:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

    Mark 9:10

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: the dead
  • After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”

    Mark 9:26

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

    Mark 12:25

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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’?

    Mark 12:26

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

    Mark 12:27

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead

Luke

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

    Luke 7:15

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: 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.

    Luke 7:22

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: 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,

    Luke 9:7

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 9:60

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκρούςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

    Luke 15:24

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: 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.’”

    Luke 15:32

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

    Luke 16:30

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.’”

    Luke 16:31

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Luke 20:35

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.’

    Luke 20:37

    • νεκροίnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

    Luke 20:38

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of 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?

    Luke 24:5

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

    Luke 24:46

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

John

eight uses
  • 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.

    John 2:22

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

    John 5:21

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    John 5:25

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

    John 12:1

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    John 12:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.

    John 12:17

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

    John 20:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

    John 21:14

    • νεκρῶν.¶nekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Acts

seventeen uses
  • You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

    Acts 3:15

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

    Acts 4:2

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Acts 4:10

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Acts 5:10

    • νεκράνnekranadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: 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.

    Acts 10:41

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Acts 10:42

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But God raised Him from the dead,

    Acts 13:30

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.’

    Acts 13:34

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    Acts 17:3

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

    Acts 17:31

    • νεκρῶν.¶nekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

    Acts 17:32

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

    Acts 20:9

    • νεκρόςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

    Acts 23:6

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”

    Acts 24:21

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

    Acts 26:8

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

    Acts 26:23

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: from dead
  • The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

    Acts 28:6

    • νεκρόνnekronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: dead

Romans

sixteen uses
  • and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

    Romans 1:4

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

    Romans 4:17

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

    Romans 4:24

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

    Romans 6:4

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.

    Romans 6:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

    Romans 6:11

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

    Romans 6:13

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

    Romans 7:4

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

    Romans 7:8

    • νεκράnekraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: dead
  • But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

    Romans 8:10

    • νεκρὸνnekronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: dead
  • And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

    Romans 8:11

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

    Romans 10:7

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

    Romans 10:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

    Romans 11:15

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

    Romans 14:9

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: over dead

1 Corinthians

thirteen uses
  • 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?

    1 Corinthians 15:12

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

    1 Corinthians 15:13

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

    1 Corinthians 15:15

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

    1 Corinthians 15:16

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

    1 Corinthians 15:20

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

    1 Corinthians 15:21

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

    1 Corinthians 15:29

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

    1 Corinthians 15:32

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

    1 Corinthians 15:35

    • νεκροίnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

    1 Corinthians 15:42

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

    1 Corinthians 15:52

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

2 Corinthians

one use
  • Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

    2 Corinthians 1:9

    • νεκρούςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Galatians

one use
  • Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

    Galatians 1:1

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead —

Ephesians

four uses
  • which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

    Ephesians 1:20

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

    Ephesians 2:1

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

    Ephesians 2:5

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

    Ephesians 5:14

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Philippians

one use
  • and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

    Philippians 3:11

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Colossians

three uses
  • And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

    Colossians 1:18

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

    Colossians 2:12

    • νεκρῶν.¶nekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

    Colossians 2:13

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

1 Thessalonians

two uses
  • and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

    1 Thessalonians 1:10

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

    1 Thessalonians 4:16

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

2 Timothy

two uses
  • Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

    2 Timothy 2:8

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

    2 Timothy 4:1

    • νεκρούςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Hebrews

seven uses
  • Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

    Hebrews 6:1

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: dead
  • instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

    Hebrews 6:2

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of dead
  • how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

    Hebrews 9:14

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: dead
  • because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

    Hebrews 9:17

    • νεκροῖςnekroisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: death
  • Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

    Hebrews 11:19

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

    Hebrews 11:35

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • 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,

    Hebrews 13:20

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

James

three uses
  • So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

    James 2:17

    • νεκράnekraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: dead
  • As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

    James 2:26

    • νεκρόνnekronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: dead
    • νεκράnekraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: dead

1 Peter

four uses
  • Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    1 Peter 1:3

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

    1 Peter 1:21

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

    1 Peter 4:5

    • νεκρούςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

    1 Peter 4:6

    • νεκροῖςnekroisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to dead

Revelation

thirteen uses
  • and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

    Revelation 1:5

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

    Revelation 1:17

    • νεκρόςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

    Revelation 1:18

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

    Revelation 2:8

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

    Revelation 3:1

    • νεκρὸςnekrosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: dead
  • The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

    Revelation 11:18

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

    Revelation 14:13

    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.

    Revelation 16:3

    • νεκροῦnekrouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of dead
  • The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.

    Revelation 20:5

    • νεκρῶνnekronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

    Revelation 20:12

    • νεκρούςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκροὶnekroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
  • The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

    Revelation 20:13

    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead
    • νεκροὺςnekrousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dead

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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