2001 Translation

NEKRŌN, nekrōn

Sounds Like: NEK-ron

Translations: of the dead, of dead ones

From the root: ΝΕΚΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'ΝΕΚΡΟΣ', meaning 'dead' or 'a dead person'. It is used to indicate possession or relationship, often translated as 'of the dead' or 'belonging to the dead'. It can refer to deceased individuals collectively or to the state of being dead.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3498 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 22:3, 22:9

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:6, 15:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:21, 9:12

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 24:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 6:4
• Psalms — 105:28
• Wisdom — 18:23
• Isaiah — 5:13
• Jeremiah — 40:5
• Matthew — 17:9, 22:32, 23:27, 27:64
• Mark — 9:9, 9:10, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27
• Luke — 9:7, 16:30, 16:31, 20:35, 20:38, 24:5, 24:46
• John — 2:22, 12:1, 12:9, 12:17, 20:9, 21:14
• Acts of the Apostles — 3:15, 4:10, 10:42, 13:30, 13:34, 17:31, 23:6, 24:21, 26:23
• Romans — 1:4, 4:24, 6:4, 6:9, 6:13, 7:4, 8:11, 10:7, 10:9, 11:15, 14:9
• 1 Corinthians — 15:12, 15:20
• Ephesians — 1:20
• Philippians — 3:11
• Colossians — 1:18
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:10
• 2 Timothy — 2:8
• Hebrews — 6:1, 6:2, 9:14, 11:19, 13:20
• 1 Peter — 1:3, 1:21
• Revelation — 1:5, 11:18
• Epistle of Barnabas — 5:6, 15:9

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 6:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 9:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 9:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:29
• Book 6 — 14:330
• Book 9 — 1:14
• Book 11 — 5:161
• Book 12 — 8:347
• Book 14 — 15:450, 15:460
• Book 15 — 3:46
• Book 17 — 9:237

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 18:16
• Book Two — 2:17, 18:41
• Book Three — 8:39, 9:18, 10:68
• Book Four — 6:32, 9:56, 11:24
• Book Five — 9:41, 12:23, 12:24, 13:41, 13:43
• Book Six — 2:29, 4:40, 5:6, 7:12, 7:16, 8:32

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 45:1, 50:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 17:1, 17:4, 32:3, 36:5, 41:4, 45:2, 53:5, 72:4, 80:4, 82:1, 85:1, 85:2, 85:4, 100:1, 106:1, 108:1, 108:2, 112:4, 118:1, 138:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 2:1, 2:2, 5:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 1:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judith — 6:4
• 2 Maccabees — 12:44
• Psalms — 105:28
• Wisdom — 18:23, 19:3
• Isaiah — 5:13
• Jeremiah — 40:5
• Ezekiel — 9:7
• Enoch — 22:3, 22:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 14:2, 17:9, 22:31, 22:32, 23:27, 27:64, 28:7
• Mark — 6:14, 9:9, 9:10, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27
• Luke — 9:7, 16:30, 16:31, 20:35, 20:38, 24:5, 24:46
• John — 2:22, 12:1, 12:9, 12:17, 20:9, 21:14
• Acts — 3:15, 4:2, 4:10, 10:41, 10:42, 13:30, 13:34, 17:3, 17:31, 17:32, 23:6, 24:21, 26:23
• Romans — 1:4, 4:24, 6:4, 6:9, 6:13, 7:4, 8:11, 10:7, 10:9, 11:15, 14:9
• 1 Corinthians — 15:12, 15:13, 15:20, 15:21, 15:29, 15:42
• Galatians — 1:1
• Ephesians — 1:20, 5:14
• Philippians — 3:11
• Colossians — 1:18, 2:12
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:10
• 2 Timothy — 2:8
• Hebrews — 6:1, 6:2, 9:14, 11:19, 13:20
• 1 Peter — 1:3, 1:21
• Revelation — 1:5, 11:18, 20:5

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 6:3, 16:6

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
• ΝΕΚΡΩ — dead, a dead one, (to) a dead one, (to) a corpse, (to) a dead body
• ΤΩΝΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of the dead ones

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