ΝΕΚΡΩ, νεκρω
NEKRŌ, nekrō
Sounds Like: NEK-roh
Translations: dead, a dead one, (to) a dead one, (to) a corpse, (to) a dead body
From the root: ΝΕΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something that is dead, lifeless, or a corpse. It can be used as an adjective to describe something as dead, or as a noun to refer to a dead person or body. In the provided context, it is used in the dative case, indicating 'to' or 'for' a dead one or a corpse.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3498 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Leviticus — 21:5
- Wisdom — 19:3
- Sirach — 7:33, 8:7, 22:11, 38:16
- Matthew — 22:31
- Mark — 6:14
- Acts of the Apostles — 4:2, 10:41, 17:3, 17:32
- 1 Corinthians — 15:13, 15:21, 15:29, 15:42
- Galatians — 1:1
- Ephesians — 5:14
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΝΕΚΡΟ — dead, a dead person, corpse, a corpse, of the dead, to the dead
- 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
- ΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of dead ones
- ΤΩΝΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of the dead ones
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