Quick Definition
νεκρός, ά, όν Adj dead, a corpse
Strong's Definition
from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
KJV Usage: dead
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ά, -όν | νεκρόω
23.121 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
lifeless, dead, the dead pertaining to being dead In some languages it may be difficult or even impossible to speak of ‘the body without the spirit,’ for this would be equivalent to the meaning of ‘corpse,’ and obviously a ‘corpse’ is ‘dead.’ It may therefore be necessary to translate this expression in JAS 2:26 as ‘if a person does not have a spirit, he is dead.’
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65.39 · Value · Useful, Useless
useless, futile, vain pertaining to being utterly useless, with the implication of total lack of purport
LUK 15:24 · LUK 15:32 · ROM 7:8 · ROM 8:10 · HEB 6:1 · HEB 9:14 · JAS 2:17
74.28 · Able, Capable
unable, ineffective, dead, powerless pertaining to being unable to respond to any impulse or to perform some function Since the reference in EPH 2:5 (see also EPH 2:1) is to matters relating to God, one may translate ‘we who were unable to respond to matters relating to God because of our sins ...’ or ‘we who were spiritually dead ...’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νεκρός, -d, -dv, (akin to the Lat. neco, nex [fr. ἃ r. signifying ‘to disappear’ ete.; cf. Curtius § 93; Fick i. p. , 123; Vanitek p. 422 sq.]), Sept. chiefly for n>; dead, » i.e. 1. prop. a. one that has breathed his last, lifeless: Mt. xxviii. 4; Mk. ix. 26; Lk. vii. 15; Acts v. 10; xx. 9; xxviii. 6; Heb. xi. 35; Rev.i. 17; ἐπὶ νεκροῖς, if men are dead (where death has occurred [see ἐπί, B. 2 ἃ. €. p. 233
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νεκρός nekros 128x
dead, without life, Mt. 11:5; 22:31; met. νεκρός τινι, dead to a thing, no longer devoted to, or under the influence of a thing, Rom. 6:11; dead in respect of fruitlessness, Jas. 2:17, 20, 26; morally or spiritually dead, Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:14; dead in alienation from God, Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13; subject to death, mortal, Rom. 8:10; causing death and misery, fatal, having a destructive power, Heb. 6:1; 9:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νεκρός, -ά, -όν,
[in LXX chiefly for מֵת;]
dead, as adj., prop.: Ac 5:10 20:9, Ja 2:26, Re 1:18, al.; ὡσεὶ ν., Mt 28:4, Mk 9:26, Re 1:17; of that which is subject to death, Ro 8:10.
Metaph., of persons: Lk 15:24, 32; of those immersed in worldly cares, Mt 8:22, Lk 9:60; of spiritual death, Jo 5:25, Ro 6:13, Eph 5:14, Re 3:1; τ. παραπτώμασιν, Eph 2:1, 5, Col 2:13; of the opposite condition, ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Ro 6:11;
of things regarded as inoperative, devoid of power: ἁμαρτία, Ro 7:8; πίστις, Ja 2:17, 26; ἔργα, He 6:1 9:14.
As subst., νεκρός, ὁ (Hom., al.), chiefly in pl. (οἱ) ν., the dead: Mt 11:5, Mk 12:26, Lk 20:37, I Co 15:15, al.; ἀνάστασις (τ.) νεκρῶν, Mt 22:31, Ac 17:32, al.; ν. . . . ζῶντες, Mt 22:32, Mk 12:27, Ac 10:42, al.; ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, Lk 16:30; ἐκ ν., Mk 6:14, Lk 24:46, Jo 12:1, Ac 13:34, Ro 10:7, al.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν., Col 1:18; ζωὴ ἐκ ν., Ro 11:15; constr. praegn., ἐκ ν. ζῶντες, Ro 6:13.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νεκρός (nekros) — dead. νεκρός, ὁ (of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+], corpse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as substantive, in early writers always of mankind, νεκροὺς συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of those killed in battle, τοὺς ν. ὑποσπόνδους ἀνείλοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, of a fish, ν. ἰχθύος [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. dying person, μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, ὁ υἱός μου ν. ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε [NT]
4. in plural, the dead, as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν [NT+8th c.BC+]
II. as adjective νεκρός, ά, όν, dead, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. σώματα Mitteis [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also τὰ τῶν ν. σώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. inanimate, inorganic, opposed to ἔμψυχος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οὐχὶ ν., ὥσπερ λίθον ἢ ξύλον, ἀλλὰ ζῶν [Refs]; ἡ ν. θάλασσα the [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. metaphorically, ν. πλοῦτος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]