G3499: νεκρόω
nekróō · “to put to death”
Definition
to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue
KJV translates it as: be dead, mortify
Word origin: from G3498 (νεκρός);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3499 is translated
- expired, ×1
- do put to death ×1
- as good as dead, ×1
Bible verses with G3499 (nekróō)
Nekróō appears in 3 verses.
- Romans 4:19
And 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:
- Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- Hebrews 11:12
Therefore 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.