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νεκρόω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νεκρόω
Greek transliteration: 
nekroō
Simplified transliteration: 
nekroo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐνέκρωσα, -, νενέκρωμαι, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3499
GK Number: 
3739
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(3)
Gloss: 
(act.) to put to death; (pass.) to be as good as dead
Definition: 
pr. to put to death, kill; in NT met. to deaden, mortify, Col. 3:5; pass. to be rendered impotent, Rom. 4:19; Heb. 11:12*

Greek-English Concordance for νεκρόω

Romans 4:19 Not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (nenekrōmenon | νενεκρωμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut) (since he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death (nekrōsate | νεκρώσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) Therefore whatever is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, evil and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Hebrews 11:12 And so it was that from this one man, and he (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) was (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) already (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc) impotent (nenekrōmenou | νενεκρωμένου | perf pass ptcp gen sg masc), there were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the shore of the sea