1) the body both of men or animals
1a) a dead body or corpse
1b) the living body
1b1) of animals
2) the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)
3) is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body
3a) so in the NT of the church
4) that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Citing in TDNT: 7:1024, 1140
G4983
From G4982; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively: - bodily, body, slave.
| Gloss | Section |
|---|---|
| (σῶμα ἐπουράνιον) heavenly body | 1.26 |
| a body | 8.1 |
| b physical being | 9.8 |
| c church | 11.34 |
| (ἐνδημέω ἐν τῷ σώματι) be alive | 23.91 |
| (ἐκδημέω ἐκ τοῦ σώματος) die | 23.111 |
| e reality | 58.66 |
| d slave | 87.78 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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