Body
σῶμαStrong’s G4983sōma
Appears in 120 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sōma is the Greek word usually translated “body”, “bodies” and “slaves”. It appears in 120 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.”
Meaning
Usually translated “body”, “bodies” and “slaves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- body 124
- bodies 10
- a body 5
- of body 2
- in body 1
- the body 1
- of slaves 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 35
- Romans 13
- Matthew 11
- Luke 11
- Ephesians 8
- Colossians 8
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Matthew 6:23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
All 120 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
σῶμα sōma · body
σῶμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX for גְּוִיָּה ,בָּשָׂר, etc., and for Aram. נְבֵלָה ;] a body. 1. Prop., of the human body, (a) as always in Hom. (opposite to δέμας), of the dead body: Mat.27:58, 59 Mrk.15:43, al.; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “body” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOD'Y, noun
- The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man.
- Matter, as opposed to spirit.
- A person; a human being; sometimes alone; more generally, with some or no; as, somebody; nobody.
- Reality, as opposed to representation.“A shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ” Colossians 2:17
All definitions and other forms of “body”
- A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united; as the body of mankind. 1 Corinthians 12:12
- The main army, in distinction from the wings, van or rear.
- A corporation; a number of men, united by a common tie, by one form of government, or by occupation; as the legislative body; the body of the clergy; body corporate; body politic.
- The main part; the bulk; as the body of a tree; the body of a coach, of a ship, etc.
- Any extended solid substance; matter; any substance or mass distinct from others; as a metaline body; a floating body; a moving body; a light body; a heavy body
- A pandect; a general collection; a code; a system; as a body of laws; a body of divinity.
- Strength; as wine of a good body
- Among painters, colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color.
- The unrenewed part of man, or sensual affections.“But I keep under by body” 1 Corinthians 9:27
- The extent; the limits.
BOD'Y, verb transitive
To produce in some form.
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.