{"def":{"short":"dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)","long":["properly",["one that has breathed his last, lifeless","deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades","destitute of life, without life, inanimate"],"metaphorically",["spiritually dead",["destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins","inactive as respects doing right"],"destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative"]]},"deriv":"from an apparently primary νέκυς (a corpse)","pronun":{"ipa":"nɛˈkros","ipa_mod":"ne̞ˈkrows","sbl":"nekros","dic":"neh-KROSE","dic_mod":"nay-KROSE"}}