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dead

Meaning of “dead”

Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Luke 15:32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 15:32 · retained source text

It was meete that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and was lost, and is found.

Luke 16:30
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 16:30 · retained source text

And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.

Luke 16:31
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 16:31 · retained source text

And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.

Luke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 20:35 · retained source text

But they which shall be accompted worthy to obtaine that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marrie, nor are giuen in marriage.

Luke 20:37
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 20:37 · retained source text

Now that the dead are raised, euen Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob.

1611 marginal noteExod. 3.6.

Luke 20:38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 20:38 · retained source text

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the liuing for all liue vnto him.

Luke 24:5
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 24:5 · retained source text

And as they were afraid, and bowed downe their faces to the earth, they said vnto them, Why seek ye the liuing among the dead?

1611 marginal noteOr, him that liueth.

Luke 24:46
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
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1611 witness · Luke 24:46 · retained source text

And said vnto them, Thus it is written, & thus it behoued Christ to suffer, & to rise from the dead the third day:

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