verb
nekromō
Strong’sG3499
I put to death, render weak
stem nekr-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† νεκρόω, ῶ
(< νεκρός),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3499 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnek-ro'-o
to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue
Fromfrom G3498;
King Jamesbe dead, mortify.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
make dead, mortify, μόριόν τι Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, νενεκρῶσθαι τὸ μόριον Refs 2nd c.AD+; to be dead, νεκρωθείς Refs; νενεκρωμένος, of the body of Abraham, NT
II metaphorically, mortify, νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| nekravarΝεκρώσατε | happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural | put to death | 1× |
| nekrorēntemνενεκρωμένον | has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle direct singular neuter | dead | 1× |
| nekrorēntouνενεκρωμένου | has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive singular masculine | dead | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekramō | nekrame | nekrami | nekrama | nekramē | nekramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nekrasō | nekrase | nekrasi | nekrasa | nekrasē | nekraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekratō | nekrate | nekrati | nekrata | nekratē | nekratelē |
| we 1st person plural | nekranō | nekrane | nekrani | nekrana | nekranē | nekranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekravō | nekrave | nekravi | nekrava | nekravē | nekravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nekralō | nekrale | nekrali | nekrala | nekralē | nekralelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekromō | nekrome | nekromē | nekromelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nekrosō | nekrose | nekrosē | nekroselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekrotō | nekrote | nekrotē | nekrotelē |
| we 1st person plural | nekronō | nekrone | nekronē | nekronelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekrovō | nekrove | nekrovē | nekrovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nekrolō | nekrole | nekrolē | nekrolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekrameiō | nekrameia | nekrameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nekraseiō | nekraseia | nekraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekrateiō | nekrateia | nekrateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nekraneiō | nekraneia | nekraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekraveiō | nekraveia | nekraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nekraleiō | nekraleia | nekraleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekromeiō | nekromeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nekroseiō | nekroseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekroteiō | nekroteiē |
| we 1st person plural | nekroneiō | nekroneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekroveiō | nekroveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nekroleiō | nekroleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nekrasōr | nekrasar | nekrasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekratōr | nekratar | nekratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekravōr | nekravar1×Νεκρώσατε | nekravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nekralōr | nekralar | nekralēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nekrosōr | nekrosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekrotōr | nekrotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekrovōr | nekrovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nekrolōr | nekrolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekramoiō | nekramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nekrasoiō | nekrasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekratoiō | nekratoia |
| we 1st person plural | nekranoiō | nekranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekravoiō | nekravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nekraloiō | nekraloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nekromoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | nekrosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nekrotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | nekronoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | nekrovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | nekroloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nekrarō | nekrari | nekrara | nekrarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | nekrorō | nekrorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nekrarōntos | nekrarintos | nekrarantos | nekrarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | nekrorōntos | nekrorēntos2× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
nekr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
nekravar“put to death”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Colossians 3:5Nekravar oun teim meleim teim epi tau …Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly …
nekrorēntem“dead”has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle direct singular neuter1×
Romans 4:19“dead”… ta pistia katanoata tem heautou sōmem nekrorēntem, hekatontaetos pou huparcharōntos, kai tan nekrōsian …… in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of …
nekrorēntou“dead”has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive singular masculine1×
Hebrews 11:12… kai apo henou gennila, kai houteim nekrorēntou, kathōs teim astreim tou ouranou te …… man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the …