Gloss
(act.) to put to death; (pass.) to be as good as dead
Forms of the word
Dictionary
νεκρόω
Greek transliteration
nekroō
Simplified transliteration
nekroo
Principal Parts
-, ἐνέκρωσα, -, νενέκρωμαι, -
Numbers
Strong's number
3499
GK Number
3739
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(3)
Definition
pr. to put to death, kill; in NT met. to deaden, mortify, Col. 3:5; pass. to be rendered impotent, Rom. 4:19; Heb. 11:12*
Greek-English Concordance for νεκρόω
| Romans 4:19 | Not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (nenekrōmenon | νενεκρωμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut) (since he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. |
| Colossians 3:5 | Therefore put to death (nekrōsate | νεκρώσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) Therefore whatever is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, evil and covetousness, which is idolatry. |
| Hebrews 11:12 | And so it was that from this one man, and he (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) was (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) already (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) impotent (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc), there were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the shore of the sea |
