147 occurrences

'Dead' in the Bible

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

Verse ConceptsGod AppearingDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A MotherFamily Death

Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life.

Verse ConceptsAttempts To Kill ChristDeath Of Office HoldersTaking ChristDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Mother

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionWho He Might BeWhy It Happenedanniversary

And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownVisions From GodChrist Concealing ThingsChrist Would RiseChrist's Orders

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChrist Would RiseWorse

and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

Verse ConceptsGuardsFear, Of UnknownGuilty FearShakingGroups Trembling

And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

Verse ConceptsHasteChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesusreuniting

While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house'saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further?

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individualsharassment

And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.

Verse ConceptsLast ThingsMourningSleep, And DeathDisorder Among PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMourning The Death Of OthersDeath Of A Child

And king Herod heard thereof ; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownChrist Concealing ThingsChrist Would RiseChrist's OrdersJesus Foretelling His Resurrection

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsConvulsionsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Final

But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Verse ConceptsBurning bushReading The ScripturesBook of the Law

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOthers SummoningThe Fact Of Christ's Deathsurprises

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

Verse ConceptsPowers Of SpeechDeath Of A Motherluck

And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessCripplesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessLast DaysPoverty, Remedies ForNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHearing ChristHealing Of The BlindTelling Of JesusThose Helping The Poor

While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house , saying, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher.

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individuals

And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

Verse ConceptsLamentingMourningSorrowDo Not MournMourning The Death Of Others

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristPuzzlementRulers Of A Fourth

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsMinisters, Should Not BeGo And PreachSpiritually Deadgoodbyes

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Verse ConceptsSpiritually DeadFinding PeopleLost PeopleRejoicing In ReliefMissing SomeoneCelebrationBeing Lost

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.

Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceRoses

but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristSinglenessWorthinessMarriage No MoreWorthy People

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushThe Dead Are Raised

and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before GodChrist's Life

and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristForeknowledge Of ChristThe Third Day Of The WeekChrist Would Rise

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Verse ConceptsPlainnesslosing a loved oneLosing A Friendlazarus

Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesCorruption Of BodyembalmingdoubtersSmellsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFour Or Five Dayslazarus

He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

Verse ConceptsSix Dayslazarus

The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus'sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

Verse ConceptsLargenessLiving WitnessesCuriosityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Seekinglazarus

The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsContemporary Witness To ChristWitnessingtestifyinglazarus

but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

Verse ConceptsJesus CorpseNo Bones BrokenThe Fact Of Christ's Death

This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

Verse ConceptsChrist AppearingActing Three TimesChrist Is RisenChrist With His Disciples

being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTeachersTeachingTeaching The Way Of God

be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Verse ConceptsCuresGod, Power OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherAtonement, By Christ AloneIn The Name Of ChristGod Raising ChristChrist Was KilledHow Healing Came

And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Verse ConceptsContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidGod Raising ChristNo Decaycorruption

But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevangelists, ministry ofPersuasionInciting To EvilStoningPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPulling PeopleAttempting To Kill Specific People

opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom,'said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

Verse ConceptsHeraldPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristChrist Would Rise

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfSleep, PhysicalPeople Falling From A HeightThree Parts Of ConstructionsBad LuckteenagerFalling Backwards

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Verse ConceptsHope Object OfHope, As ConfidenceResurrection, Of BelieversSanhedrinStandingJewish SectsThe Dead Are Raisedgroupszealotspharisees

except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.

Verse ConceptsThe Dead Are Raised

but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

Verse ConceptsChrist's LifeThe Fact Of Christ's Deathconnection

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

Verse ConceptsExistenceFaithChaosGod, The CreatorThe Existence Of ThingsExistence Through GodNon ExistenceThe Dead Are RaisedGod's CallCalling

And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

Verse ConceptsBodyWeakness, SpiritualThe Age At FatherhoodWombLimitations Of The BodyGrace Verse LawWeaknesschildbearing

but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationReckoningGod Raising ChristBelief In GodRighteousness imputedFaith In Godaccounting

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, ResurrectionOvercoming DeathChrist Is RisenDeathNo DeathDeath Of A FatherFamily Deathdominion

but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessdesiresGreed, Condemnation OfSelf IndulgenceSpiritually DeadRight Time For The DevilEffect Of The LawCovetousnessOpportunity

or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMan Going DownChrist Is Risen

Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadPreaching ChristAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Rise

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would RiseNo Deathchristianity

Yea, we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Risereality

For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Rise

Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofAre The Dead Raised?Christian Baptism

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Abruptly (1 instance)
Absolutely (72 instances)
Deadened (1 instance)
Deceased (12 instances)
Departed (350 instances)
Drained (45 instances)
Extinct (4 instances)
Inanimate (1 instance)
Inert (1 instance)
Insensible (1 instance)
Lifeless (17 instances)
Mortal (60 instances)
Perfectly (49 instances)
Stagnant (3 instances)
Utterly (231 instances)

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