The Greek word νεκρός, nekros occurs 120 times in the New Testament. Basically, it means “dead.”  However, it is used Both figuratively and literally.  People are said to be a dead while physically alive (Matt. 8:22; Luke 9:60; 15:24, 32; 20:38; Rom. 6:13; 11:15; Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13).  Of course, there are numerous references to being physically dead (Matt. 10:8; Mark 6:14; Luke 7:15; John 2:22; Acts 4:2; Rom. 4:17; 1 Cor. 15:12-13; Eph. 5:14; James: 2:26, etc.). We can be dead to sin (Rom. 6:11) and people can have dead works (Heb. 6:1; 9:14; James 2:17). In light of annihilationism where the ultimate death is nonexistence, it’s interesting to note that the term is used of those who are still alive. Therefore, we cannot conclude that when a person is said to be dead, it automatically means he doesn’t exist anymore.

• Greek word: νεκρός, nekros
• Meaning:   dead
• Strong’s #: G3498
  Frequency:  128 occurrences

Summary of the meaning of the Greek word nekros, ‘dead’ in all verses where it occurs in the New Testament.

1. Alive while physically dead, 3 occurrences
   • Matt. 22:32; John 5:25; Rev. 20:12
2. Dead to sin, 1 occurrence
   • Rom. 6:11
3. Dead while physically alive, 9 occurrences
   • Matt. 8:22; Luke 9:60; 15:24, 32; 20:38; Rom. 6:13; 11:15; Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13
4. Dead works, 3 occurrences
   • Heb. 6:1; 9:14; James 2:17
5. Jesus alive while physically dead, 31 occurrences
   • Acts 3:15; 4:10; 10:41; 13:30, 34; 17:3, 31; 26:23; Rom. 1:4; 4:24; 6:4, 9; 7:4; 8:11; 10:7, 9; 1 Cor. 15:12, 20; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 1:20; Col. 1:18; 2:12; 1 Thess. 1:10; 2 Tim. 2:8; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 1:3, 21; Rev. 1:5, 18; 2:8
6. Physically dead, 73 occurrences
   • Matt. 10:8; 11:5; 14:2; 17:9; 22:31; 23:27; 27:64; 28:4, 7; Mark 6:14; 9:9, 10, 26; 12:25, 26, 27; Luke 7:15, 22; 9:7, 60; 16:30, 31; 20:35, 37; 24:5, 46; John 2:22; 5:21; 12:1, 9, 17; 20:9; 21:14; Acts 4:2; 5:10; 10:42; 17:32; 20:9; 23:6; 24:21; 26:8; 28:6; Rom. 4:17; 8:10, 11; 1 Cor. 15:12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 29, 32, 35, 42, 52; Eph. 5:14; Phil 3:11; 1 Thess. 4:16; 2 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 6:2; 9:17; 11:19, 35; James: 2:26; 1 Pet. 4:5, 6; Rev. 1:17; 11:18; 14:13; 16:3; 20:5; 20:13.
7. Sin is dead, 1 occurrence
   • Rom. 7:8
8. Spiritually dead, 1 occurrence
   • Rev. 3:1

 

 

TABLE OF ALL NEW TESTAMENT USAGES OF NEKROS, νεκρός
Address	Verse	Meaning
Matt. 8:22	But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead [nekros] to bury their own dead.”	Dead while physically alive
Matt. 8:22	But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead [nekros].”	Physically dead
Matt. 10:8	“Heal the sick, raise the dead [nekros], cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.	Physically dead
Matt. 11:5	the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead [nekros] are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.	Physically dead
Matt. 14:2	and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead [nekros], and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”	Physically dead
Matt. 17:9	As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead [nekros].”	Physically dead
Matt. 22:31	“But regarding the resurrection of the dead [nekros], have you not read what was spoken to you by God:	Physically dead
Matt. 22:32	‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead [nekros] but of the living.”	Alive while physically dead
Matt. 23:27	“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead [nekros] men’s bones and all uncleanness.	Physically dead
Matt. 27:64	“Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead [nekros],’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”	Physically dead
Matt. 28:4	The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead [nekros] men.	Physically dead
Matt. 28:7	“Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead [nekros], and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”	Physically dead
Mark 6:14	And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead [nekros], and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”	Physically dead
Mark 9:9	As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Mark 9:10	They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead [nekros] meant.	Physically dead
Mark 9:26	After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse [nekros] that most of them said, “He is dead!”	Physically dead
Mark 12:25	“For when they rise from the dead [nekros], they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.	Physically dead
Mark 12:26	“But regarding the fact that the dead [nekros] rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, and the God of Jacob’?	Physically dead
Mark 12:27	“He is not the God of the dead [nekros], but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”	Physically dead
Luke 7:15	The dead [nekros] man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.	Physically dead
Luke 7:22	And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead [nekros] are raised up, the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.	Physically dead
Luke 9:7	Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead [nekros],	Physically dead
Luke 9:60	But He said to him, “Allow the dead [nekros] to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”	Dead while physically alive
Luke 9:60	But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead [nekros]; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”	Physically dead
Luke 15:24	for this son of mine was dead [nekros] and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.	Dead while physically alive
Luke 15:32	‘But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead [nekros] and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”	Dead while physically alive
Luke 16:30	“But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead [nekros], they will repent!’	Physically dead
Luke 16:31	“But he 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 [nekros].’ ”	Physically dead
Luke 20:35	but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead [nekros], neither marry nor are given in marriage;	Physically dead
Luke 20:37	“But that the dead [nekros] are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.	Physically dead
Luke 20:38	“Now He is not the God of the dead [nekros] but of the living; for all live to Him.”	Dead while physically alive
Luke 24:5	and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead [nekros]?	Physically dead
Luke 24:46	and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead [nekros] the third day,	Physically dead
John 2:22	So when He was raised from the dead [nekros], His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.	Physically dead
John 5:21	“For just as the Father raises the dead [nekros] and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.	Physically dead
John 5:25	“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead [nekros] will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.	Alive while physically dead
John 12:1	Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
John 12:9	The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
John 12:17	So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead [nekros], continued to testify about Him.	Physically dead
John 20:9	For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
John 21:14	This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Acts 3:15	but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead [nekros], a fact to which we are witnesses.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 4:2	being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Acts 4:10	let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead [nekros] —by this name this man stands here before you in good health.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 5:10	And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead [nekros], and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.	Physically dead
Acts 10:41	not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead [nekros].	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 10:42	“And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Acts 13:30	“But God raised Him from the dead [nekros];	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 13:34	“As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead [nekros], no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.’	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 17:3	explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead [nekros], and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 17:31	because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead [nekros].”	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 17:32	Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead [nekros], some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”	Physically dead
Acts 20:9	And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Acts 23:6	But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead [nekros] !”	Physically dead
Acts 24:21	other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead [nekros] I am on trial before you today.’ ”	Physically dead
Acts 26:8	“Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead [nekros]?	Physically dead
Acts 26:23	that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead [nekros] He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”	Jesus alive while physically dead
Acts 28:6	But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead [nekros]. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.	Physically dead
Rom. 1:4	who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead [nekros], according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 4:17	(as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead [nekros] and calls into being that which does not exist.	Physically dead
Rom. 4:24	but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead [nekros],	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 6:4	Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead [nekros] through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 6:9	knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead [nekros], is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 6:11	Even so consider yourselves to be dead [nekros] to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.	Dead to sin
Rom. 6:13	and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead [nekros], and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.	Dead while physically alive
Rom. 7:4	Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead [nekros], in order that we might bear fruit for God.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 7:8	But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead [nekros].	Sin is dead
Rom. 8:10	If Christ is in you, though the body is dead [nekros] because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.	Physically dead
Rom. 8:11	But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead [nekros] dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.	Physically dead
Rom. 8:11	But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead [nekros] will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 10:7	or ‘WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead [nekros]).”	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 10:9	that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead [nekros], you will be saved;	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rom. 11:15	For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead [nekros]?	Dead while physically alive
Rom. 14:9	For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead [nekros] and of the living.	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:12	Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead [nekros], how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?	Jesus alive while physically dead
1 Cor. 15:12	Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead [nekros]?	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:13	But if there is no resurrection of the dead [nekros], not even Christ has been raised;	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:15	Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead [nekros] are not raised.	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:16	For if the dead [nekros] are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:20	But now Christ has been raised from the dead [nekros], the first fruits of those who are asleep.	Jesus alive while physically dead
1 Cor. 15:21	For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:29	Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead [nekros]? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:32	If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead [nekros] are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:35	But someone will say, “How are the dead [nekros] raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:42	So also is the resurrection of the dead [nekros]. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;	Physically dead
1 Cor. 15:52	in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead [nekros] will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.	Physically dead
2 Cor. 1:9	indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead [nekros];	Physically dead
Gal. 1:1	Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead [nekros])	Jesus alive while physically dead
Eph. 1:20	which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead [nekros] and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,	Jesus alive while physically dead
Eph. 2:1	And you were dead [nekros] in your trespasses and sins,	Dead while physically alive
Eph. 2:5	even when we were dead [nekros] in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),	Dead while physically alive
Eph. 5:14	For this reason it says, “Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead [nekros], and Christ will shine on you.”	Physically dead
Phil. 3:11	in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
Col. 1:18	He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead [nekros], so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Col. 2:12	having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead [nekros].	Jesus alive while physically dead
Col. 2:13	When you were dead [nekros] in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,	Alive while physically dead
1 Thess. 1:10	and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead [nekros], that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.	Jesus alive while physically dead
1 Thess. 4:16	For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead [nekros] in Christ will rise first.	Physically dead
2 Tim. 2:8	Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead [nekros], descendant of David, according to my gospel,	Jesus alive while physically dead
2 Tim. 4:1	I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead [nekros], and by His appearing and His kingdom:	Physically dead
Heb. 6:1	Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead [nekros] works and of faith toward God,	Dead works
Heb. 6:2	of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead [nekros] and eternal judgment.	Physically dead
Heb. 9:14	how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead [nekros] works to serve the living God?	Dead works
Heb. 9:17	For a covenant is valid only when men are dead [nekros], for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.	Physically dead
Heb. 11:19	He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead [nekros], from which he also received him back as a type.	Physically dead
Heb. 11:35	Women received back their dead [nekros] by resurrection, and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;	Physically dead
Heb. 13:20	Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead [nekros] the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,	Jesus alive while physically dead
James 2:17	Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead [nekros], being by itself.	Dead works
James 2:26	For just as the body without the spirit is dead [nekros], so also faith without works is dead [nekros].	Physically dead, dead works
1 Pet. 1:3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead [nekros],	Jesus alive while physically dead
1 Pet. 1:21	who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead [nekros] and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.	Jesus alive while physically dead
1 Pet. 4:5	but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead [nekros].	Physically dead
1 Pet. 4:6	For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead [nekros], that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.	Physically dead
Rev. 1:5	and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead [nekros], and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rev. 1:17	When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead [nekros] man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,	Physically dead
Rev. 1:18	and the living One; and I was dead [nekros], and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rev. 2:8	“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead [nekros], and has come to life, says this:	Jesus alive while physically dead
Rev. 3:1	“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead [nekros].	Dead while physically alive
Rev. 11:18	“And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead [nekros] to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”	Physically dead
Rev. 14:13	And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead [nekros] who die in the Lord from now on!’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”	Physically dead
Rev. 16:3	The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead [nekros] man, and every living thing in the sea died.	Physically dead
Rev. 20:5	The rest of the dead [nekros] did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.	Physically dead
Rev. 20:12	And I saw the dead [nekros], the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead [nekros] were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.	Alive while physically dead
Rev. 20:13	And the sea gave up the dead [nekros] which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead [nekros] which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.	Physically dead

 

Dictionaries and Lexicons consulted

• “νεκρός nekrós; fem. nekrá, neut. nekrón, adj. from nékus (n.f.), a corpse. Dead. Figuratively in the pl., those dead to Christ and His gospel, meaning spiritually dead (Matt. 8:22,…Metaphorically, in opposition to the life of the gospel, e.g.: (1) Of persons, dead to Christ and His gospel and thus exposed to punishment, spiritually dead (Rev. 3:1); with the dat. of cause or manner (Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13).
  • Zodhiates, Spiros. The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2000
• ‘pertaining to being dead—‘lifeless, dead.’ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν ‘the body without the spirit is dead’ Jas 2:26. In some languages it may be difficult or even impossible to speak of ‘the body without the spirit,’ for this would be equivalent to the meaning of ‘corpse,’ and obviously a ‘corpse’ is ‘dead.’ It may therefore be necessary to translate this expression in Jas 2:26 as ‘if a person does not have a spirit, he is dead.’
  • Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains. New York: United Bible Societies, 1996.
• νεκρός [nekros /nek·ros/] adj. From an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); TDNT 4:892; TDNTA 627; GK 3738; 132 occurrences; AV translates as “dead” 132 times. 1 properly. 1A one that has breathed his last, lifeless. 1B deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades. 1C destitute of life, without life, inanimate. 2 metaph. 2A spiritually dead. 2A1 destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins. 2A2 inactive as respects doing right. 2B destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative.
  • Strong, James. Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship, 1995.

   

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