ΝΕΚΡΟ, νεκρο
NEKRO, nekro
Sounds Like: NEK-ro
Translations: dead, a dead person, corpse, a corpse, of the dead, to the dead
From the root: ΝΕΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word primarily means 'dead' and can function as an adjective describing a state of being without life. It is frequently used substantively as a noun to refer to a 'dead person' or a 'corpse'. It can be used in both a literal sense (physically dead) and a figurative sense (spiritually dead or lifeless).
Inflection: This form 'ΝΕΚΡΟ' is the masculine or neuter nominative/accusative singular form of the adjective/noun 'ΝΕΚΡΟΣ'. It can also be the stem for various inflections. In the provided examples, 'ΝΕΚΡΟΥ' is masculine/neuter singular genitive, and 'ΝΕΚΡΟΙΣ' is masculine/neuter plural dative.
Strong’s number: G3498 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΕΚΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΕΚΡ — dead, a dead person, a corpse, of a dead person
- ΝΕΚΡΑ — dead, a dead (woman), a dead (thing)
- ΝΕΚΡΑΝ — dead, a dead one, a dead person
- ΝΕΚΡΑΣ — dead, of a dead person, of dead people, dead ones, a dead one
- ΝΕΚΡΙΜΑΙΟΝ — dead body, corpse, a dead thing
- ΝΕΚΡΟΙ — dead, the dead, dead ones
- ΝΕΚΡΟΙΣ — (to) dead, (to) a dead person, (to) dead ones, (to) corpses
- ΝΕΚΡΟΝ — dead, a dead one, a dead person, a corpse, a dead thing
- ΝΕΚΡΟΣ — dead, a dead person, a corpse
- ΝΕΚΡΟΥ — of a dead person, of a dead body, of a corpse, of the dead, of a dead man, dead
- ΝΕΚΡΟΥΣ — dead, the dead, dead ones
- ΝΕΚΡΩ — dead, a dead one, (to) a dead one, (to) a corpse, (to) a dead body
- ΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of dead ones
- ΤΩΝΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of the dead ones
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