νεκροὶ [30 verses](adj pl masc nom)"The dead" is nekros, which specifically means "a corpse" as well as a "dying person," "the dead as dwellers in the nether world," "the inanimate," and "the inorganic." -- The word translated as "dead" means "corpse," "a dying man," and "inanimate, non-organic matter." Jesus uses it in three senses, referring to the actual dead, the spiritually dead, and inanimate matter.