Nekroō νεκρόω
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| νεκρόω | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nekroō |
| Strong's number | G3499 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to put to death |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Romans (1) |
Nekroō (Greek νεκρόω, Strong's G3499) is a Greek verb meaning “to put to death”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
νεκρόω, ῶ
(νεκρός),
to make dead, put to death; pass., to be dead: hyperbolically, of impotent age, Heb.11:12; σῶμα, Rom.4:19. Trop., of carnal impulses, τὰ μέλη, Col.3:5.†
(AS)
(νεκρός),
to make dead, put to death; pass., to be dead: hyperbolically, of impotent age, Heb.11:12; σῶμα, Rom.4:19. Trop., of carnal impulses, τὰ μέλη, Col.3:5.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dead (2), mortify (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | decrepitness (1), put to death (1), good as dead (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nekroō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Romans
- Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Colossians
- Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).