ΝΕΚΡΑ, νεκρα
NEKRA, nekra
Sounds Like: NEK-rah
Translations: dead, a dead (woman), a dead (thing)
From the root: ΝΕΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'dead' or 'lifeless'. It describes something that has ceased to live, whether a person, animal, or even an inanimate object that is no longer functional. It can also refer to something that is spiritually dead or inert. It is often used to describe a corpse.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3498 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 4:114
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 9:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 21:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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
- ΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of dead ones
- ΤΩΝΝΕΚΡΩΝ — of the dead, of the dead ones
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