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Strong's G3498 νεκρός (nekros)

Nekros means “dead” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3498 — yathar (“excel”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3498
Language Greek
Linked Usages 206
Books 42

Strong's G3498 Quick Answer

Strong's G3498 νεκρός (nekros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nekros (nek-ros') adj. 1. dead {literally or figuratively; also as noun} It has 206 linked Bible usages across 42 books. Visible English usage signals include dead. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
nekros (nek-ros') adj. 1. dead {literally or figuratively; also as noun}
Usage
206 linked usages
Books
42 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
dead

Meaning and Definition

nekros (nek-ros') adj. 1. dead {literally or figuratively; also as noun} [from an apparently primary nekus "a corpse"] KJV: dead

Original Word
νεκρός
Transliteration
nekros
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3498. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

dead

Usage: νεκρός, -α, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for מֵת ;] dead, __I. as adj., __1. prop.: Act.5:10 20:9, Jas.2:26, Rev.1:18, al.; ὡσεὶ ν., Mat.28:4, Mrk.9:26, Rev.1:17; of that which is subject to death, Rom.8:10. __2. Metaphorical, __(a) of persons: Luk.15:24, 32; of those immersed in worldly cares, Mat.8:22, Luk.9:60; of spiritual death, Jhn.5:25, Rom.6:13, Eph.5:14, Rev.3:1; τ. παραπτώμασιν, Eph.2:1, 5 Col.2:13; of the opposite condition, ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:11;

__(b) of things regarded as inoperative, devoid of power: ἁμαρτία, Rom.7:8; πίστις, Jas.2:17, 26; ἔργα, Heb.6:1 9:14. __II. As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom., al.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: Mat.11:5, Mrk.12:26, Luk.20:37, 1Co.15:15, al.; ἀνάστασις (τ.) νεκρῶν, Mat.22:31, Act.17:32, al.; ν. . . . ζῶντες, Mat.22:32, Mrk.12:27, Act.10:42, al.; ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, Luk.16:30; ἐκ ν., Mrk.6:14, Luk.24:46, Jhn.12:1, Act.13:34, Rom.10:7, al.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν., Col.1:18; ζωὴ ἐκ ν., Rom.11:15; constr. praegn., ἐκ ν.

ζῶντες, Rom.6:13. (AS)

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How Strong's G3498 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nekros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

dead Matthew 8:22 73×

How Strong's G3498 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 123 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3498 (νεκρός) appears 88 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3498 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3498 in the New Testament

123 indexed usages in New Testament.

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.

Strong's G3498 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

47 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 23:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham stood up from before his dead; and Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:4 Septuagint / Brenton

I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.

Genesis 23:6 Septuagint / Brenton

but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulcher from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

Strong's G3498 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

32 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G3498 in 1 Enoch

4 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3498.

Genesis 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham stood up from before his dead; and Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.
Genesis 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulcher from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.
Genesis 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If ye have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.
Genesis 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to thee the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it thee before all my countrymen; bury thy dead.
Genesis 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people of the land, Since thou art on my side, hear me; take the price of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land is worth four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.
Leviticus 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
Numbers 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulcher, shall be unclean seven days.
Deuteronomy 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Deuteronomy 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, an observer of signs, questioning the dead.
Deuteronomy 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.
Judges 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera: and Jael went out to meet him, and she said to him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisera was fallen dead, and the pin was in his temple.
Judges 19:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to her, Rise, and let us go; and she answered not, for she was dead: and he took her upon his ass, and went to his place.
1 Kingdoms 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gilboa.
2 Kingdoms 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing in thy sight: for I know this day, that if Absalom were alive, and all of us dead today, then it would have been right in thy sight.
4 Kingdoms 19:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, these were all dead corpses.
4 Kingdoms 23:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher: and the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father.
2 Chronicles 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, and looked, and saw the multitude, and, behold, they were all fallen dead upon the earth, not one escaped.
Psalms 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.
Psalms 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that reward evil for good slandered me; Because I followed righteousness.
Psalms 87:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
Psalms 87:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?
Psalms 105:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They were joined also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;
Psalms 113:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, Nor any that go down to Hades.
Psalms 142:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has brought my life down to the ground; He has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, That there is one event to all: Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, And madness is in their heart during their life, And after that they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? There is hope of him: For a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the living will know that they shall die: But the dead know nothing, And there is no longer any reward to them; For their memory is lost.
Isaiah 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water.
Isaiah 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
Isaiah 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcass, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.
Isaiah 22:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
Isaiah 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise them up: therefore thou hast brought wrath upon them, and slain them, and hast taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord;
Isaiah 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.
Isaiah 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their slain shall be cast forth, and their corpses; and their ill savor shall come up, and the mountains shall be made wet with their blood.
Isaiah 37:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all these bodies dead.
Jeremiah 7:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dead bodies of this people shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to drive them away.
Jeremiah 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.
Jeremiah 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will destroy the counsel of Judah and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I smote in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
Lamentations 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has set me in dark places, As them that have long been dead.
Ezekiel 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Defile the house, and go out and fill the ways with dead bodies, and smite.
Ezekiel 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye have multiplied your dead in this city, and ye have filled your ways with slain men.
Ezekiel 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Your dead whom ye have smitten in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and thiscity is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel 32:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord; Come from the four winds, and breathe upon these dead men, and let them live.
Matthew 8:22 New Testament, KJV
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Matthew 10:8 New Testament, KJV
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew 11:5 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 17:9 New Testament, KJV
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Matthew 22:31 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 28:4 New Testament, KJV
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Matthew 28:7 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 6:16 New Testament, KJV
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
Mark 9:9 New Testament, KJV
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
Mark 9:10 New Testament, KJV
And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
Mark 9:26 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, KJV
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Luke 7:15 New Testament, KJV
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
Luke 7:22 New Testament, 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 9:7 New Testament, KJV
Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
Luke 9:60 New Testament, KJV
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:24 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, KJV
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:31 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 20:35 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, KJV
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Luke 24:5 New Testament, KJV
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Luke 24:46 New Testament, KJV
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
John 2:22 New Testament, 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 New Testament, KJV
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:25 New Testament, 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 12:1 New Testament, KJV
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
John 12:9 New Testament, KJV
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
John 12:17 New Testament, KJV
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
John 20:9 New Testament, KJV
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
John 21:14 New Testament, KJV
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
Acts 3:15 New Testament, KJV
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 4:2 New Testament, KJV
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 4:10 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 10:41 New Testament, KJV
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Acts 10:42 New Testament, KJV
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 13:30 New Testament, KJV
But God raised him from the dead:
Acts 13:34 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 17:31 New Testament, KJV
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Acts 17:32 New Testament, 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 20:9 New Testament, KJV
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Acts 23:6 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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 26:8 New Testament, KJV
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
Acts 26:23 New Testament, 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 New Testament, 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.
Romans 1:4 New Testament, KJV
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Romans 4:17 New Testament, KJV
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Romans 4:24 New Testament, KJV
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Romans 6:4 New Testament, KJV
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:9 New Testament, KJV
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Romans 6:11 New Testament, KJV
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:13 New Testament, KJV
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 7:4 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 7:8 New Testament, KJV
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 8:10 New Testament, KJV
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans 8:11 New Testament, KJV
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans 10:7 New Testament, KJV
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
Romans 10:9 New Testament, KJV
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 11:15 New Testament, KJV
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Romans 14:9 New Testament, KJV
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3498, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 11 usages, New Testament
Mark 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 13 usages, New Testament
John 8 usages, New Testament
Acts 18 usages, New Testament
Romans 15 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 11 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 4 usages, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 7 usages, New Testament
James 3 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 4 usages, New Testament
Revelation 11 usages, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 9 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 4 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3498 FAQ

What does nekros (νεκρός) mean?

Nekros (Strong's G3498) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dead". nekros (nek-ros') adj. 1. dead {literally or figuratively; also as noun}

How many times is nekros (νεκρός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 206 linked usages for Strong's G3498 across 42 books.

Where can I study nekros (νεκρός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3498 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate nekros (νεκρός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dead. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3498 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 47 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 32 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 4 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3498, with linked reader references where each row is available.