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Carcase

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GREEK · G4430

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)

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GREEK · G2966

κῶλον

kōlon — corpse

κῶλον, -ου, τό a limb, member of a body, [but in LXX (Lev.26:30, Num.14:29, 32-33, 1Ki.17:46, Isa.66:24*) for פֶּגֶר ;] hence, carcase: Heb.3:17 (LXX).† (AS)

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GREEK · G6309

ἀναρρήγνυμι

anarrēgnumi — to tear asunder

1. to break up the ground, (Iliad by Homer) 2. to break through a wall, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass., ἡ ναῦς ἀναρρήγνυται τὴν παρεξειρεσίαν the ship has its bow broken through , (Thucydides) 3. to tear open a carcase, of lions, (Iliad by Homer); of Ajax, δίχα ἀνερρήγνυ was cleaving them asunder, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. to make to break forth, utter , like Lat. rumpere voces, (Aristophanes Comicus); ἀν. πόλιν to make it break out, excite greatly , (Plutarch):—;Pass. to burst forth ; metaphorically of persons, ἀναρρήγνυσθαι πρὸς ὀργήν (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) 5. intransitive to break forth , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

Contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag. 2:13; comp. Num. 19:16, 22; Lev. 11:39).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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