Phrase guide
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from being dead, from death
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from obsolescence or failure
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, dead.
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History
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.
