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νεκρός

Vocabulary form: 
nekrovV, -av, -ovn
Definition: 

adj: dead;
noun: dead body, corpse

Frequency: 
129
GK: 
3738
Root: 
nekro
Cognates: 

Necrophobia is an abnormal fear of death.

Mnemonics: 

If she hurts her neck, she will be dead.

Mnemonic Singing: 

He is Lord, He is Lord,
He is risen from the dead
and He is Lord.

Mnemonics

The neck (ros) of the dead body had rope burns on it.

In medical terms, necrotic or necrosis describes dying/decaying tissue.

A necromancer raises the dead through magic.

Necrotic - something that is dying or decomposing,

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 8:22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc) bury their own dead.” (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc)
Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc), cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Matthew 11:5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead (nekroi | νεκροί | nom pl masc) are raised and the poor are being told the good news.
Matthew 14:2 And he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc); and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Matthew 17:9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc)
Matthew 22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
Matthew 22:32 ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) but of the living.”
Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) men’s (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) bones and all kinds of filth.
Matthew 27:64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) and the last deceit will be greater than the first.”
Matthew 28:4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead (nekroi | νεκροί | nom pl masc) men.
Matthew 28:7 Go quickly and tell his disciples that he has been raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) and is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember, I have told you.”
Mark 6:14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc). That is why miraculous powers are at work miraculous powers in him.”
Mark 9:9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
Mark 9:10 So they kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising of the dead” (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) could mean.
Mark 9:26 After crying out and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out; and the boy was like a corpse (nekros | νεκρός | nom sg masc), so that many were saying, “He is dead.”
Mark 12:25 For when people rise from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but they are as angels in heaven.
Mark 12:26 But concerning the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?
Mark 12:27 He is not God of the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), but of the living. You are greatly mistaken!”
Luke 7:15 The dead (nekros | νεκρός | nom sg masc) man (nekros | νεκρός | nom sg masc) sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Luke 7:22 Then he answered, them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead (nekroi | νεκροί | nom pl masc) are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.
Luke 9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed because it was being said by some that John had been raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc),
Luke 9:60 Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc) to bury their own dead (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc). But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Luke 15:24 for this, my son, was dead (nekros | νεκρός | nom sg masc), and has come back to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:32 We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours, was dead (nekros | νεκρός | nom sg masc) and has come alive; he was lost and has been found.’”
Luke 16:30 Then the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) goes to them, they will repent.’
Luke 16:31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc)
Luke 20:35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) neither marry nor are given in marriage.
Luke 20:37 But that the dead (nekroi | νεκροί | nom pl masc) are raised, even Moses made known, in the passage about the bush, for he calls the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’
Luke 20:38 He is not God of the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), but of the living! For to him they are all alive.”
Luke 24:5 The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc)?
Luke 24:46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) on the third day,
John 2:22 Therefore, when he had risen from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John 5:21 For as the Father raises the dead (nekrous | νεκρούς | acc pl masc) and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses.
John 5:25 “I tell you the solemn truth, the hour is coming and is now here, when the dead (nekroi | νεκροί | nom pl masc) will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
John 12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
John 12:9 When a large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also that they might see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
John 12:17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc) continued to bear witness.
John 20:9 (They still did not understand the Scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.) (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc)
John 21:14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples after he had been raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
Acts 3:15 and you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), of which we are witnesses.
Acts 4:2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
Acts 4:10 let it be known to you all and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), by him this man is standing before you healthy.
Acts 5:10 And she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in and found her dead (nekran | νεκράν | acc sg fem), they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
Acts 10:41 not to all the people but to witnesses who had been previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc).
Acts 13:30 But God raised him from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc),
Acts 13:34 But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), no more about to return to corruption, thus he said: ‘I will give to you the sacred and sure promises made to David.’
Acts 17:3 explaining and demonstrating that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), and that, “This one is the Messiah, this Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”
Acts 17:31 because he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, having provided proof to all by raising him from the dead.” (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc)
Acts 17:32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead (nekrōn | νεκρῶν | gen pl masc), some mocked, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

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