νέκρωσις
nekrōsis · deadness, dying
Greek word · Strong’s number G3500 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nekrōsis (νέκρωσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “deadness, dying”.
Deadness, a state of death; also dying, being put to death.
How to say it
ne·krō·sis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Daily sharing in Jesus' being put to death.
- The state of what can no longer give life, from old age.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- deadness ×1
- dying ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 4:19
And without weakening in faith, he considered his own body dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;
- 2 Corinthians 4:10
always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our body.