Strong's Number G3498

νεκρός

nekros · nek-ros'

Transliteration:

nekros{nek-ros'}

Word Origin:

from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse)

TDNT:

4:892,627

Part of Speech:

adjective

Strong's Definition:

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)

Usage in the KJV:

dead 132

Total: 132
Occurs 128 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

properly
1. one that has breathed his last, lifeless
2. deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades
3. destitute of life, without life, inanimate
metaph.
1. spiritually dead
  1. destitute of a life that recognises and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins
  2. inactive as respects doing right
2. destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative