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)

dead; the dead