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σῶμα

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter142 occurrences18 books120 verses

Definition

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: Matthew 27:58, 59, Mark 15:43, al.;

(b) of the living body: Luke 11:34, 1 Corinthians 6:13, al.; ἐν σ. εἶναι, Hebrews 13:3; as the instrument of the soul, τὰ διὰ τοῦ σ., 2 Corinthians 5:10; opposite to πνεῦμα, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 5:3; 7:4, James 2:26; to ψυχή, Matthew 6:25; 10:28, Luke 12:22 (cf. Wis.1.1, al.); to τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ., 1 Thessalonians 5:23; σ. ψυχικόν, opposite to σ. πνευματικόν, 1 Corinthians 15:44; ὁ ναὸς τοῦ σ. αὐτοῦ (genitive epexeg.), John 2:21; τὸ σ. τ. ταπεινώσεως (Hebraistic "genitive of definition"; M, Pr., 73f.; Bl., §35, 5), opposite to τὸ σ. τ. δοξῆς αὐτοῦ, Philippians 3:21; similarly, τὸ σ. τ. σαρκός, Colossians 1:22; σ. τοῦ θανάτου (subject to death), Romans 7:24; σ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, Romans 6:6;

(with) periphr., ἀνθρώπου, then absol., σῶμα (Soph., Xen., al.), a person, and in later writers (Polyb., al.), a slave: Revelation 18:13 (cf. MM, i, ii, xxiv; Deiss., BS, 160).

2. Of the bodies of animals: living, James 3:3; dead, Hebrews 13:11 ( Exodus 29:14, al.).

3. Of inanimate objects (cf. Eng. "heavenly bodies"): 1 Corinthians 15:37, 38, 40 (Diod., al.).

4. Of any corporeal substance (Plat., al.): opposite to σκιά, Colossians 2:17. Metaphorical, of a number of persons united by a common bond; in NT, of the Church as the spiritual body of Christ: Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17; 12:13, 27, Ephesians 1:23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:23, 30, Colossians 1:18, 24; 2:19; 3:15; ἓν σ. κ. ἓν πνεῦμα, Ephesians 4:4.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σῶμα:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

142 total
  1. Romans 12:5σῶμά · body
    …so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:3σώματι · in body
    Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:13σῶμα · body [is]; σώματι · body
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:15σώματα · bodies
    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
  5. 1 Corinthians 6:16σῶμά · in body
    Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
  6. 1 Corinthians 6:18σώματός · body; σῶμα · body
    Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
  7. 1 Corinthians 6:19σῶμα · body
    Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  8. 1 Corinthians 6:20σώματι · body
    …you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
  9. 1 Corinthians 7:4σώματος · body; σώματος · body
    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:34σώματι · body
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  11. 1 Corinthians 9:27σῶμα · body
    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:16σώματος · body
    Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
  13. 1 Corinthians 10:17σῶμα · body
    Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:24σῶμα · body
    …and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  15. 1 Corinthians 11:27σώματος · body
    Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
  16. 1 Corinthians 11:29σῶμα · body
    For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
  17. 1 Corinthians 12:12σῶμα · body; σώματος; σῶμα · body
    The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
  18. 1 Corinthians 12:13σῶμα · body
    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
  19. 1 Corinthians 12:14σῶμα · body
    For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
  20. 1 Corinthians 12:15σώματος · body; σώματος · body
    If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
  21. 1 Corinthians 12:16σώματος · body; σώματος · body
    And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
  22. 1 Corinthians 12:17σῶμα · body [were]
    If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
  23. 1 Corinthians 12:18σώματι · body
    But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
  24. 1 Corinthians 12:19σῶμα · body [be]
    If they were all one part, where would the body be?
  25. 1 Corinthians 12:20σῶμα · body
    As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
  26. 1 Corinthians 12:22σώματος · body
    On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
  27. 1 Corinthians 12:23σώματος · [parts]
    …and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,
  28. 1 Corinthians 12:24σῶμα · body
    …whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
  29. 1 Corinthians 12:25σώματι · body
    …so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
  30. 1 Corinthians 12:27σῶμα · [the] body
    Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
  31. 1 Corinthians 13:3σῶμά · body
    If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
  32. 1 Corinthians 15:35σώματι · of body
    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
  33. 1 Corinthians 15:37σῶμα · body
    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  34. 1 Corinthians 15:38σῶμα · a body; σῶμα · body
    But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
  35. 1 Corinthians 15:40σώματα · bodies; σώματα · bodies
    There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
  36. 1 Corinthians 15:44σῶμα · body; σῶμα · body; σῶμα · body
    It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
  37. 2 Corinthians 4:10σώματι · body; σώματι · body
    We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  38. 2 Corinthians 5:6σώματι · body
    Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.