238 occurrences

'Dead' in the Bible

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

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

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

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

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

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

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessBlindness, HealingsdiseasesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessNewsPoverty, Remedies ForWalkingDisabled PersonsNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHealing LepersThose Helping The PoorBlindness

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

Verse ConceptsFaultsLimbs WitheredQuestioning ChristDiseased HandsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbath

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

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

And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

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

And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.

Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessThe Third Day Of The WeekChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseOther Sad People

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFloggingThe Third Day Of The WeekHanding Over ChristBeating JesusSuffering From ForeignersChrist Would RiseChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldMocking Christ

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadJewish SectsComing To ChristQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?Life After Death

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadSaintsThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsCorpses Of Other PeopleRosesJesus Death

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodPeople AppearingChrist Would RiseThe ResurrectionBurying placesLife After DeathRosesJesus Death

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

Verse ConceptsWomenOpposite SidesPeople Sitting DownJesus Tomb

Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivinePeople RememberingChrist Would RiseWhilst Alive

Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back 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 watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.

Verse ConceptsGuardsFear, Of UnknownGuilty FearShakingGroups Trembling

And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.

Verse ConceptsHasteChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesusreuniting

And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.

Verse ConceptsLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

Verse ConceptsCemeteryBoatsThose Demonisedmuscles

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

Verse ConceptsIron ChainsBreaking Chains

And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individualsharassment

And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

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

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

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

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back 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 coming back from the dead might be.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsConvulsionsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Final

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPredictionsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristProphecies Said By JesusChrist Predicting The FutureHanding Over ChristChrist TeachingChrist Speaking To DisciplesChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseDanger From MenHurt And Betrayal

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating JesusSalivaChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseMocking Christ

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

Verse ConceptsRabbiPeople RememberingCursing Things

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?denial

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenMarriage No MoreTransferring WivesThe Resurrection

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Verse ConceptsBurning bushReading The ScripturesBook of the Law

But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Rise

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting Languagecrucifixion

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOthers SummoningThe Fact Of Christ's Deathsurprises

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfAttitudes Of StubbornnessRebukeUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Sourced InReclining To EatSeeing The Risen ChristChrist AppearingDoubting The ResurrectionNot Believing PeopleConsequences Of ObstinacyElevenChrist Is Risen

And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath

But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

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

And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesFuneralsBurials, FeaturesTouchCessationStopping StillPreparation For BurialTouching Unclean ThingsGet Up!

And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

Verse ConceptsPowers Of SpeechDeath Of A Motherluck

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given 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

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMoist ThingsGrowingPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedssowing

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSpiritsNaked In PovertyMeeting PeopleAction For A Long TimeThose DemonisedDemons

While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individuals

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

Verse ConceptsLamentingMourningSorrowDo Not MournMourning The Death Of Others

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristPuzzlementRulers Of A Fourth

But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsMinisters, Should Not BeGo And PreachSpiritually Deadgoodbyes

And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

Verse ConceptsFigurative BurialsNot Knowing WherePeople Being Polluted

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsHospitality, Shown ToHospitalityThe Recompense Of The RighteousGod Will BlessGod Will RequiteOur ResurrectionThe ResurrectionGiving Without Expecting ReturnHelping Those In NeedGiving Back

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

Verse ConceptsSpiritually DeadFinding PeopleLost PeopleRejoicing In ReliefMissing SomeoneCelebrationBeing Lost

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceRoses

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadAre The Dead Raised?

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenMarriage No MoreTransferring Wives

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristSinglenessWorthinessMarriage No MoreWorthy People

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushThe Dead Are Raised

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsLowering PeopleJesus TombUnused

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before GodChrist's Life

So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

Verse ConceptsHearingResurrectionGod's Call, ResultsLife By God's WordSpiritually DeadHearing ChristChrist Telling The TruthNowOur ResurrectionDeath ApproachingLiveTelling The TruthThe Second ComingListening To Godreality

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

Verse ConceptsAmazingThe Future AgeDeath Approachingsurprises

This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsChrist Going DownLife In ChristNot Like ThingsChrist And HeavenDeath Of Other GroupsJesus As FoodLife Is In Christ

Bible Theasaurus

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)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain