# νεκρόω/nekroō
Sometimes this word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 

* This word can mean to be dead. 

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being. 

Sometimes his word is an action. It is a verb.

* This word can mean to put to death or kill. 
* This word can mean something that is like killing in some way.

See: Romans 4:19; Colossians 3:5; Hebrews 11:12