English Explanatory Dictionary

from the dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. from being dead, from death
  2. from obsolescence or failure
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, dead.

Word forms

from the dead

Etymology

A translation of Ancient Greek ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν (ek tôn nekrôn) or ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν (apò tôn nekrôn, “from among those who are dead”), a phrase in the New Testament, used for instance in the King James Version. See rise from the dead.

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