σῶμα sōma · G4983
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.; (b) of the living body: Luk.11:34, 1Co.6:13, al.; ἐν σ. εἶναι, Heb.13:3; as the instrument of the soul, τὰ διὰ τοῦ σ., 2Co.5:10; opposite to πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.5:3 7:4, Jas.2:26; to ψυχή, Mat.6:25 10:28, Luk.12:22 (cf. Wis.1:1, al.); to τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ., 1Th.5:23; σ. ψυχικόν, opposite to σ. πνευματικόν, 1Co.15:44; ὁ ναὸς τοῦ σ. αὐτοῦ (genitive epexeg.), Jhn.2:21; τὸ σ. τ. ταπεινώσεως (Hebraistic "genitive of definition"; M, Pr., 73f.; Bl., §35, 5), opposite to τὸ σ. τ. δοξῆς …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
σῶμα, ατος, τό ; [] dative plural σωμάτεσι [], body of man or beast, but in [], always dead body, corpse (whereas the living body is δέμας), ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας []; ς. δὲ οἴκαδ᾽ ἐμὸν δόμεναι πάλιν []; so also in []; νεκρὸν σ. []; μέγιστον σ... σποδου, ={σ. μέγιστον ὃ νῦν σποδός ἐστι}, []; 2 the living body, []; γενναῖος τῷ σ. []; εὔρωστος τὸ σ. []; τὸ σ. σῴζειν or -εσθαι save one's life, []; διασῴζειν or -εσθαι[]; περὶ τοῦ σ. ἀγωνίζεσθαι for one's life, []; ἔχειν τὸ σ. …
Where it's used 144 times
Matthew 5:29 · Matthew 5:30 · Matthew 6:22 · Matthew 6:23 · Matthew 6:25 · Matthew 10:28 · Matthew 26:12 · Matthew 26:26 · Matthew 27:52 · Matthew 27:58 · Matthew 27:59 · Mark 5:29 · Mark 14:8 · Mark 14:22 · Mark 15:43 · Luke 11:34 · Luke 11:36 · Luke 12:4 · Luke 12:22 · Luke 12:23 · Luke 17:37 · Luke 22:19 · Luke 23:52 · Luke 23:55 · Luke 24:3 · Luke 24:23 · John 2:21 · John 19:31 · John 19:38 · John 19:40 · John 20:12 · Acts 9:40 · Romans 1:24 · Romans 4:19 · Romans 6:6 · Romans 6:12 · Romans 7:4 · Romans 7:24 · Romans 8:10 · Romans 8:11 · Romans 8:13 · Romans 8:23 · Romans 12:1 · Romans 12:4 · Romans 12:5 · 1 Corinthians 5:3 · 1 Corinthians 6:13 · 1 Corinthians 6:15 · 1 Corinthians 6:16 · 1 Corinthians 6:18 · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · 1 Corinthians 6:20 · 1 Corinthians 7:4 · 1 Corinthians 7:34 · 1 Corinthians 9:27 · 1 Corinthians 10:16 · 1 Corinthians 10:17 · 1 Corinthians 11:24 · 1 Corinthians 11:27 · 1 Corinthians 11:29 … and 84 more
Source: TBESG G4983; TFLSJ G4983
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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