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 αὐτοῦ, Php.3:21; similarly, τὸ σ. τ. σαρκός, Col.1:22; σ. τοῦ θανάτου (subject to death), Rom.7:24; σ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, Rom.6:6; (with) periphr., ἀνθρώπου, then absol., σῶμα (Soph., Xen., al.), a person, and in later writers (Polyb., al.), a slave: Rev.18:13 (cf. MM, i, ii, xxiv; Deiss., BS, 160). 2. Of the bodies of animals: living, Jas.3:3; dead, Heb.13:11 ( Exo.29:14, al.). 3. Of inanimate objects (cf. Eng. "heavenly bodies"): 1Co.15:37, 38 40 (Diod., al.). 4. Of any corporeal substance (Plat., al.): opposite to σκιά, Col.2:17. Metaphorical, of a number of persons united by a common bond; in NT, of the Church as the spiritual body of Christ: Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:16, 17 12:13, 27, Eph.1:23 2:16 4:4, 12, 16 5:23, 30, Col.1:18, 24 2:19 3:15; ἓν σ. κ. ἓν πνεῦμα, Eph.4:4. (AS)
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G4983 — σῶμα
sōma · body · Greek
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Matthew 5:29 · σῶμάIf your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.Matthew 5:30 · σῶμάAnd if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.Matthew 6:22 · σώματός · σῶμάThe eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.Matthew 6:23 · σῶμάBut if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!Matthew 6:25 · σώματι · σῶμαTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Matthew 10:28 · σῶμα, · σῶμαDo not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.Matthew 26:12 · σώματόςBy pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.Matthew 26:26 · σῶμάWhile they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”Matthew 27:52 · σώματαThe tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.Matthew 27:58 · σῶμαHe went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.Matthew 27:59 · σῶμαSo Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,Mark 5:29 · σώματιImmediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.Mark 14:8 · σῶμάShe has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.Mark 14:22 · σῶμάWhile they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”Mark 15:43 · σῶμαJoseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.Luke 11:34 · σώματός · σῶμά · σῶμάYour eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.Luke 11:36 · σῶμάSo if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”Luke 12:4 · σῶμαI tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.Luke 12:22 · σώματιThen Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.Luke 12:23 · σῶμαFor life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.Luke 17:37 · σῶμα,“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”Luke 22:19 · σῶμάAnd He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”Luke 23:52 · σῶμαHe went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.Luke 23:55 · σῶμαThe women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.Luke 24:3 · σῶμαbut when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.Luke 24:23 · σῶμαbut they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.John 2:21 · σώματοςBut Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.John 19:31 · σώματαIt was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.John 19:38 · σῶμα · σῶμαAfterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.John 19:40 · σῶμαSo they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.John 20:12 · σῶμαand she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.Acts 9:40 · σῶμαThen Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.Romans 1:24 · σώματαTherefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.Romans 4:19 · σῶμαWithout weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.Romans 6:6 · σῶμαWe know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.Romans 6:12 · σώματιTherefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.Romans 7:4 · σώματοςTherefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.Romans 7:24 · σώματοςWhat a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?Romans 8:10 · σῶμαBut if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.Romans 8:11 · σώματαAnd if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.Romans 8:13 · σώματοςFor if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.Romans 8:23 · σώματοςNot only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.Romans 12:1 · σώματαTherefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Romans 12:4 · σώματιJust as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,Romans 12:5 · σῶμάso in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.1 Corinthians 5:3 · σώματιAlthough 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.1 Corinthians 6:13 · σῶμα · σώματι·“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.1 Corinthians 6:15 · σώματαDo 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!1 Corinthians 6:16 · σῶμάOr 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.”1 Corinthians 6:18 · σώματός · σῶμαFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.1 Corinthians 6:19 · σῶμαDo 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;1 Corinthians 6:20 · σώματιyou were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.1 Corinthians 7:4 · σώματος · σώματοςThe 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.1 Corinthians 7:34 · σώματιand 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.1 Corinthians 9:27 · σῶμαNo, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.1 Corinthians 10:16 · σώματοςIs 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?1 Corinthians 10:17 · σῶμαBecause there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.1 Corinthians 11:24 · σῶμαand when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”1 Corinthians 11:27 · σώματοςTherefore, 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.1 Corinthians 11:29 · σῶμαFor anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.1 Corinthians 12:12 · σῶμα · σώματος · σῶμα,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.1 Corinthians 12:13 · σῶμαFor 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.1 Corinthians 12:14 · σῶμαFor the body does not consist of one part, but of many.1 Corinthians 12:15 · σώματος, · σώματος;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.1 Corinthians 12:16 · σώματος, · σώματος;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.1 Corinthians 12:17 · σῶμαIf 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?1 Corinthians 12:18 · σώματιBut in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.1 Corinthians 12:19 · σῶμα;If they were all one part, where would the body be?1 Corinthians 12:20 · σῶμα.As it is, there are many parts, but one body.1 Corinthians 12:22 · σώματοςOn the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,1 Corinthians 12:23 · σώματος,and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,1 Corinthians 12:24 · σῶμαwhereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,1 Corinthians 12:25 · σώματι,so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.1 Corinthians 12:27 · σῶμαNow you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.1 Corinthians 13:3 · σῶμάIf I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.1 Corinthians 15:35 · σώματιBut someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”1 Corinthians 15:37 · σῶμαAnd what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.1 Corinthians 15:38 · σῶμα · σῶμα.¶But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.1 Corinthians 15:40 · σώματα · σώματαThere 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.1 Corinthians 15:44 · σῶμα · σῶμα · σῶμαIt is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.2 Corinthians 4:10 · σώματι · σώματιWe always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.2 Corinthians 5:6 · σώματι,Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.2 Corinthians 5:8 · σώματοςWe are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.2 Corinthians 5:10 · σώματοςFor we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.2 Corinthians 10:10 · σώματοςFor some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”2 Corinthians 12:2 · σώματι · σώματοςI know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.2 Corinthians 12:3 · σώματι · σώματος,And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—Galatians 6:17 · σώματίFrom now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.Ephesians 1:23 · σῶμαwhich is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Ephesians 2:16 · σώματιand reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.Ephesians 4:4 · σῶμαThere is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;Ephesians 4:12 · σώματοςto equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,Ephesians 4:16 · σῶμα · σώματοςFrom Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.Ephesians 5:23 · σώματος·For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.Ephesians 5:28 · σώματα.In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.Ephesians 5:30 · σώματοςFor we are members of His body.Philippians 1:20 · σώματίI eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.Philippians 3:21 · σῶμα · σώματιwho, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.Colossians 1:18 · σώματοςAnd He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.Colossians 1:22 · σώματιBut now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—Colossians 1:24 · σώματοςNow I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.Colossians 2:11 · σώματοςIn Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.Colossians 2:17 · σῶμαThese are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.Colossians 2:19 · σῶμαHe has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.Colossians 2:23 · σώματος,Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.Colossians 3:15 · σώματι·Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.1 Thessalonians 5:23 · σῶμαNow may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Hebrews 10:5 · σῶμαTherefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.Hebrews 10:10 · σώματοςAnd by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Hebrews 10:22 · σῶμαlet us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.Hebrews 13:3 · σώματι.¶Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.Hebrews 13:11 · σώματαAlthough the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.James 2:16 · σώματος,If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?James 2:26 · σῶμαAs the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.James 3:2 · σῶμα.¶We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.James 3:3 · σῶμαWhen we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.James 3:6 · σῶμαThe tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.1 Peter 2:24 · σώματιHe Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”Jude 1:9 · σώματος,But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”Revelation 18:13 · σωμάτωνof cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.