from the dead

prepositional phrase

from being dead, from death

OriginAncient Greek ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν →
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. from being dead, from death

    2005 October 7, Back from the Dead, This American Life

    1 more example

    1987 June 27, Oral Roberts Tells Conference He Has Raised People From the Dead, New York Times

  2. figurativelyfrom obsolescence or failure

    2017 November 11, Investment Group Plans to Bring World Airways Back From the Dead, Skift

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, dead.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν
  2. Englishfrom the dead

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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APA

from the dead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20dead

MLA

“from the dead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20dead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from the dead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20dead.

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