What does ὀστέον · νεκρός mean in the Bible?
ὀστέον · νεκρός is a Greek phrase meaning "dead bones".
Greek · G3747, G3498
ὀστέων νεκρῶν
A bone · dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
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ὀστέον G3747 a bone
Pronunciation ostéon
Physical skeletal structure; used metaphorically for foundational substance or essential nature of something.
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νεκρός G3498 dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
Pronunciation nekrós
Spiritually inoperative or powerless; used of faith, sin, and spiritual deadness in sin apart from Christ.
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What does ὀστέων νεκρῶν (osteōn nekrōn) mean in the Bible?
ὀστέον · νεκρός is a Greek phrase meaning "dead bones".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3747, G3498?
G3747, G3498 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. dead bones
Source Gloss
dead bones
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 19:36 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 23:27 · Heb 11:22 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 24:39 1×
Word Origins
ὀστέων νεκρῶν is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain