The corpus record

νεκρ-όω

nekroo

make dead, mortify

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Where it lives

Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

νεκρ-όω · nekr-oō — LSJ

make dead, mortify, to be dead

make dead, mortify, μόριόν τι Gal. 11.265:—Pass., νενεκρῶσθαι τὸ μόριον Id. 18(1).156: metaph., τὰ δόγματα . . δύναται νεκρωθῆναι M.Ant. 7.2; οὐ ψυχὴ κυρίως, ἀλλὰ νενεκρωμένη τις Simp. in Ph. 1066.27; to be dead, νεκρωθείς IG 14.1976; νενεκρωμένος, of the body of Abraham, Ep.Rom. 4.19.

II mortify

metaph., mortify, νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη Ep.Col. 3.5.

In the wild

νενέκρωται · nenekrōtai Epictetus, Discourses 1.5 (DIORISIS sentence 273)
νεκροῖσι · nekroisi Euripides, Hecuba *talqu/bios (DIORISIS sentence 293)
νεκρωθῆναι · nekrōthēnai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.2.1 (DIORISIS sentence 946)
Νεκρώσατε · Nekrōsate New Testament, Colossians 3.5 (DIORISIS sentence 30)
νενεκρωμένου · nenekrōmenou New Testament, Hebrews 11.12 (DIORISIS sentence 194)
νενεκρωμένον · nenekrōmenon New Testament, Romans 4.19 (DIORISIS sentence 102)

Where it came from

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