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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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1 Corinthians 15:15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:15 · retained source text

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we haue testified of God, that he raised vp Christ: whom hee raised not vp, if so bee that the dead rise not.

1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:20 · retained source text

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.

1 Corinthians 15:21
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:21 · retained source text

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:29
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:29 · retained source text

Else what shal they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:32 · retained source text

If after the maner of men I haue fought with beasts at Ephesus, what aduantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let vs eate and drinke, for to morrowe wee die.

1611 marginal noteOr, to speak after the maner of men.

1 Corinthians 15:35
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:35 · retained source text

But some man will say, How are the dead raysed vp? and with what body doe they come?

1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:52 · retained source text

In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye, at the last trumpe, (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.)

2 Corinthians 1:9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 1:9 · retained source text

But we had the sentence of death in our selues, that we should not trust in our selues, but in God which raiseth the dead.

1611 marginal noteOr, answere.

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