νεκρός

νεκρός, -α, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for מֵת ;]

dead,

I. as adj.,

1. prop.: ApG 5,10; 20,9, Jak 2,26, Åb 1,18, al.; ὡσεὶ ν., Matt 28,4, Mark 9,26, Åb 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, Matt 8,22, Luk 9,60; of spiritual death, Joh 5,25, Rom 6,13, Ef 5,14, Åb 3,1; τ. παραπτώμασιν, Ef 2,1, 5 Kol 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, Jak 2,17, 26; ἔργα, Hebr 6,1; 9,14.

II. As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom., al.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: Matt 11,5, Mark 12,26, Luk 20,37, 1 Kor 15,15, al.; ἀνάστασις (τ.) νεκρῶν, Matt 22,31, ApG 17,32, al.; ν. . . . ζῶντες, Matt 22,32, Mark 12,27, ApG 10,42, al.; ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, Luk 16,30 ἐκ ν., Mark 6,14, Luk 24,46, Joh 12,1, ApG 13,34, Rom 10,7, al.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν., Kol 1,18 ζωὴ ἐκ ν., Rom 11,15 constr. praegn., ἐκ ν. ζῶντες, Rom 6,13,