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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3499. νεκρόω (nekroó) -- To put to death, to render ineffective, to deprive of power</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3499.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3499.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3499</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3498.htm" title="3498">◄</a> 3499. nekroó <a href="../greek/3500.htm" title="3500">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">nekroó: To put to death, to render ineffective, to deprive of power</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">νεκρόω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>nekroó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>nek-ro'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(nek-ro'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To put to death, to render ineffective, to deprive of power<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>lit. and met: I put to death, make as dead; I render weak, impotent.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek word νεκρός (nekros), meaning "dead."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for νεκρόω, the concept of putting to death or mortifying sinful behavior can be related to Hebrew terms such as מוּת (muth, Strong's H4191), which means "to die" or "to kill."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb νεκρόω (nekroó) is used in the New Testament to convey the idea of putting something to death or rendering it powerless. It often refers to the act of mortifying or subduing sinful desires and earthly inclinations. The term implies a decisive action to nullify the influence or power of something, particularly in a spiritual or moral context.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of death was often associated with the cessation of life and activity. The metaphorical use of "putting to death" in a moral or spiritual sense would have resonated with early Christians who were called to live distinctively from the surrounding pagan culture. The idea of mortifying the flesh was a common theme in early Christian teachings, emphasizing the need for believers to live in holiness and separate themselves from sinful practices.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 3499</b> <i>nekróō</i> (from <a href="/greek/3498.htm">3498</a> <i>/nekrós</i>, corpse-like, lifeless") – to view as a corpse, i.e. without life; <i>to regard</i> (but not "make") <i>as dead</i>, <i>inoperative</i>; to mortify, deprive of life or energizing power; (figuratively) to cut off (sever) everything that energizes (especially sin in Col 3:5).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3498.htm">nekros</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to put to death<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>consider (1), dead (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3499: νεκρόω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">νεκρόω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">νεκρῷ</span>: 1 aorist imperative <span class="greek2">Νεκρώσατε</span>; perfect passive participle <span class="greek2">νενεκρωμενος</span>; <span class="accented">to make dead</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span> and Latin Fathers<span class="latin">mortifico</span>), <span class="accented">to put to death, slay</span>: <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, properly, Authol. app. 313, 5; passive <span class="greek2">νενεκρωμενος</span>, hyperbolically, <span class="accented">worn out,</span> of an impotent old man, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a>; also <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span> <span class="greek2">νενεκρωμενος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-19.htm">Romans 4:19</a>; equivalent to <span class="accented">to deprive of power, destroy the strength of</span>: <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">μέλη</span>, i. e. the evil desire lurking in the members (of the body), <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>. (<span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">δόγματα</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Antoninus</span> 7, 2; <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἕξιν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de primo frig. 21; (<span class="greek2">ἄνθρωπος</span>, of obduracy, <span class="abbreviation">Epictetus</span> diss. 1, 5, 7).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be dead, mortify. <p>From <a href="/greek/3498.htm">nekros</a>; to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue -- be dead, mortify. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3498.htm">nekros</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Νεκρωσατε Νεκρώσατε νενεκρωμενον νενεκρωμένον νενεκρωμενου νενεκρωμένου Nekrosate Nekrōsate Nekrṓsate nenekromenon nenekroménon nenekrōmenon nenekrōménon nenekromenou nenekroménou nenekrōmenou nenekrōménou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 4:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular">V-RPM/P-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σῶμα ἤδη <b>νενεκρωμένον</b> ἑκατονταετής που</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> body, <span class="itali">now as good as dead</span> since he was about<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> body now <span class="itali">dead,</span> when he was about<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> [the] body already <span class="itali">become dead</span> a hundred years old about<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 3:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural">V-AMA-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>Νεκρώσατε</b> οὖν τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Therefore <span class="itali">consider</span> the members<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Mortify</span> therefore your<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Put to death</span> therefore the<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 11:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular">V-RPM/P-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ταῦτα <b>νενεκρωμένου</b> καθὼς τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of one man, <span class="itali">and him as good as dead</span> at that, [as many descendants] AS THE STARS<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him <span class="itali">as good as dead,</span> [so many] as<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and him <span class="itali">of [one] having become dead</span> even as the<p><b><a href="/greek/3499.htm">Strong's Greek 3499</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3499.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/nekro_sate_3499.htm">Νεκρώσατε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/nenekro_menon_3499.htm">νενεκρωμένον — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/nenekro_menou_3499.htm">νενεκρωμένου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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