ΝΕΚΡΟΩ, νεκροω
NEKROŌ, nekroō
Sounds Like: neh-KROH-oh
Translations: to put to death, to make dead, to deaden, to kill
From the root: ΝΕΚΡΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something dead or to kill it. It can be used literally to refer to physical death, or figuratively to describe the act of 'deadening' or 'mortifying' something, such as sinful desires or the body's passions. In a figurative sense, it implies rendering something powerless or ineffective, as if it were dead.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 1st Person Singular; or Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3499 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΕΚΡΟΩ.
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.
- ΝΕΚΡΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be made dead, to be deadened, to be killed, to be rendered powerless
- ΝΕΚΡΩΣΑΤΕ — put to death, mortify, make dead
- ΝΕΝΕΚΡΩΜΕΝΟΝ — deadened, made dead, rendered powerless, impotent, worn out, a deadened one, a made dead one
- ΝΕΝΕΚΡΩΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) dead, (of) having been made dead, (of) having died
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