1 Corinthians 15:20

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Νυνὶ
G3570 ADV
nyni
just now
  • now, at this very moment
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
Χριστὸς
G5547 N-NSM-T
christos
anointed
anointed, i.e., the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
  • Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
  • "anointed
ἐγήγερται
G1453 V-RPI-3S
egeirō
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
  • to arouse, cause to rise
    • to arouse from sleep, to awake
    • "to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life"to cause to rise from a seat or bed etc."to raise up, produce, cause to appear
      • to cause to appear, bring before the public
      • "to raise up, stir up, against one"to raise up i.e., cause to be born"of buildings, to raise up, construct, erect
ἐκ
G1537 PREP
ek
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
  • out of, from, by, away from
νεκρῶν
G3498 A-GPM
nekros
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
  • properly
    • one that has breathed his last, lifeless
    • "deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades"destitute of life, without life, inanimate
    metaphorically
    • spiritually dead
      • destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins
      • "inactive as respects doing right
      destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative
ἀπαρχὴ
G536 N-NSF
aparchē
a beginning of sacrifice, i.e., the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)
  • to offer firstlings or firstfruits
  • "to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God"persons superior in excellence to others of the same class
τῶν
G3588 T-GPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
κεκοιμημένων
G2837 V-RMP-GPM
koimaō
to put to sleep, i.e., (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
  • to cause to sleep, put to sleep
  • "metaphorically
    • to still, calm, quiet
    • "to fall asleep, to sleep"to die
ἐγένετο
G1096
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
  • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made

Νυνὶ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐγένετο
20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:23

ἕκαστος δὲ ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι· ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός ἔπειτα οἱ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ
23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

Acts 26:23

εἰ παθητὸς Χριστός εἰ πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν φῶς μέλλει καταγγέλλειν τῷ λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
23
That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Revelation 1:5

καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μάρτυς πιστός πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς Τῷ ἀγαπήσαντι ἡμᾶς καὶ λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ
5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

1 Peter 1:3

Εὐλογητὸς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι' ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν
3
Blessed be God and Father of our the Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten again us unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Colossians 1:18

καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων
18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Romans 8:11

εἰ δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἐγείραντος Ἰησοῦν ἐκ νεκρῶν οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐγείρας τὸν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῳοποιήσει καὶ τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ὑμῶν διὰ τὸ ἐνοικοῦν αὐτοῦ Πνεῦμα ἐν ὑμῖν
11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

1 Corinthians 15:6

ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείους μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν·
6
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.