The condition of death or dying, whether physical or spiritual. Paul uses this term in two distinct but related contexts: Abraham's consideration of his own 'deadened' body and Sarah's barren womb (Romans 4:19), and the Christian's identification with 'the dying of Jesus' carried in the body (2 Corinthians 4:10). The word moves between biological death (reproductive incapacity) and redemptive death (participation in Christ's suffering), showing how Paul theologizes bodily realities.