Corpse
πτῶμαStrong’s G4430ptōma
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ptōma is the Greek word usually translated “body”, “carcass” and “bodies”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.”
Meaning
Usually translated “body”, “carcass” and “bodies”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- body 5
- carcass 1
- bodies 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Revelation 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Mark 6:29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- Mark 15:45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
- Revelation 11:8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Greek dictionary
πτῶμα ptōma · corpse
πτῶμα -τος, τό (πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.8:19, Wis.4:18, al. ;] 1. a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX). 2. That which has fallen; (a) of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.); (b) of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “corpse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CORPSE, noun
[Latin, a body.]
The dead body of a human being.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.