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νεκρός G3498

G3498 is the Greek word νεκρός, transliterated nekrós. The King James Version most often renders it dead.

Word: νεκρόςTransliteration: nekrósLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 95 verses

What it means

dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun).

Where it comes from

from an apparently primary (a corpse).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 103 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dead 101×one dead 1×men are dead 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dead.

Verses using νεκρός

The first 40 of 95 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 8:22 · KJV

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Matthew 10:8 · KJV

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Matthew 11:5 · KJV

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 14:2 · KJV

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Matthew 22:31 · KJV

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

Matthew 22:32 · KJV

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Matthew 23:27 · KJV

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Matthew 27:64 · KJV

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Matthew 28:7 · KJV

And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

Mark 6:14 · KJV

And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Mark 9:10 · KJV

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Mark 9:26 · KJV

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

Mark 12:25 · KJV

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

Mark 12:26 · KJV

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Mark 12:27 · KJV

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Luke 7:15 · KJV

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Luke 7:22 · KJV

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Luke 9:60 · KJV

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Luke 15:24 · KJV

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:32 · KJV

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 16:30 · KJV

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Luke 20:35 · KJV

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 20:37 · KJV

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Luke 20:38 · KJV

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Luke 24:46 · KJV

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

John 2:22 · KJV

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

John 5:21 · KJV

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

John 5:25 · KJV

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

John 12:17 · KJV

The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

Acts 3:15 · KJV

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Acts 4:10 · KJV

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Acts 5:10 · KJV

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

Acts 13:34 · KJV

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

Acts 17:3 · KJV

Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Acts 17:32 · KJV

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Acts 23:6 · KJV

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Acts 24:15 · KJV

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Acts 24:21 · KJV

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

Acts 26:23 · KJV

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Acts 28:6 · KJV

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Common questions

What does Strong's G3498 mean?

G3498 is the Greek word νεκρός (nekrós), meaning dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun).

How is G3498 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dead (101 times), one dead (1 time), men are dead (1 time).

How many times does G3498 appear in the Bible?

νεκρός (nekrós) is tagged in 95 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G3498 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an apparently primary (a corpse).

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