1) properly
1a) one that has breathed his last, lifeless
1b) deceased, departed, one whose soul is in heaven or hell
1c) destitute of life, without life, inanimate
2) metaphorically
2a) spiritually dead
2a1) destitute of a life that recognises and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins
2a2) inactive as respects doing right
2b) destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative
Part of Speech: adjective
Citing in TDNT: 4:892, 627
G3498
From an apparently primary word νέκυς nekus (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun): - dead.
| Gloss | Section |
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| a dead | 23.121 |
| (ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς) that is not the issue | 33.137 |
| b useless | 65.39 |
| c ineffective | 74.28 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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