Berean Strong's Lexicon sóma: Body Original Word: σῶμα Word Origin: Derived from the primary root σώζω (sózó), meaning "to save" or "to preserve." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1320 בָּשָׂר (basar): Often translated as "flesh," it can refer to the physical body or human nature. - H1472 גּוּף (guph): Refers to the body or corpse. Usage: In the New Testament, "sóma" primarily refers to the physical body of a human or animal. It is used both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it denotes the physical structure of a living being. Metaphorically, it can refer to the body of Christ, which is the Church, or to the resurrected body believers will receive. The term is also used to describe the unity and diversity of the Church as the body of Christ, emphasizing the interconnectedness and interdependence of its members. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of the body was often seen in dualistic terms, with a distinction between the physical and the spiritual. However, the biblical perspective integrates the body as an essential part of human identity, created by God and inherently good. The resurrection of Jesus Christ affirms the value of the physical body, as it is not only the vessel of earthly life but also destined for transformation and eternal life. HELPS Word-studies 4983 sṓma – the physical body. 4983 (sṓma) is also used figuratively of the mystical Body of Christ (= the Church, the one people of God). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definition a body NASB Translation bodies (11), body (128), personal (1), slaves (1), substance (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4983: σῶμασῶμα, σώματος, τό (apparently from σῶς 'entire' (but cf. Curtius, § 570; others from the root, ska, sko, 'to cover', cf. Vanicek, p. 1055; Curtius, p. 696)), the Sept. for בָּשָׂר, גְּוִיָּה, etc.; נְבֵלָה (a corpse), also for Chaldean גֶּשֶׁם; a body; and: 1. the body both of men and of animals (on the distinction between it and σάρξ see σάρξ, especially 2 at the beginning; (cf. Dickson, St. Paul's use of 'Flesh' and 'Spirit', p. 247ff)); a. as everywhere in Homer (who calls the living body δέμας and not infreqently in subsequently Greek writings, a dead body or corpse: universally, Luke 17:37; of a man, Matthew 14:12 R G; (Mark 15:45 R G); Acts 9:40; plural John 19:31; τό σῶμα τίνος, Matthew 27:58; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:52, 55; John 19:38, 40; John 20:12; Jude 1:9; of the body of an animal offered in sacrifice, plural Hebrews 13:11 (Exodus 29:14; Numbers 19:3). b. as in Greek writings from Hesiod down, the living body: — of animals, James 3:3; — of man: τό σῶμα, absolutely, Luke 11:34; Luke 12:23; 1 Corinthians 6:13, etc.; ἐν σώματι εἶναι, of earthly life with its troubles, Hebrews 13:3; distinguished from τό αἷμα, 1 Corinthians 11:27; τό σῶμα and τά μέλη of it, 1 Corinthians 12:12, 14-20; James 3:6; τό σῶμα the temple of τό ἅγιον πνεῦμα, 1 Corinthians 6:19; the instrument of the soul, τά διά τοῦ σωματου namely, πραχθεντα, 2 Corinthians 5:10; it is distinguished — from τό πνεῦμα, in Romans 8:10; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 6:20 Rec.; c. Since according to ancient law in the ease of slaves the body was the chief thing taken into account, it is a usage of later Greek to call slaves simply σώματα; once so in the N. T.: Revelation 18:13, where the Vulg. correctly translates bymancipia (A. V. slaves) (σώματα τοῦ οἴκου, Genesis 36:6; σώματα καί κτήνη, Tobit 10:10; Ἰουδαικα σώματα, 2 Macc. 8:11; examples from Greek writings are given by Lob. ad Phryn., p. 378f (add (from Sophocles Lexicon, under the word), Polybius 1, 29, 7; 4, 38, 4, also 3, 17, 10 bis); the earlier and more elegant Greek writings said σώματα δοῦλα, ὀικετικα, etc.). 2. The name is transferred to the bodies of plants, 1 Corinthians 15:37f, and of stars (cf. our 'heavenly bodies'), hence, Paul distinguishes between σώματα ἐπουράνια, bodies celestial, i. e. the bodies of the heavenly luminaries and of angels (see ἐπουράνιος, 1), and σώματα ἐπίγεια, bodies terrestrial (i. e. bodies of men, animals, and plants), 1 Corinthians 15:40 (ἅπαν σῶμα τῆς τῶν ὅλων φύσεως ... τό σῶμα τοῦ κόσμου, diod. 1, 11). 3. tropically σῶμα 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"; so in the N. T. of the church: Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 2:16; Ephesians 4:16; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:19 3:15; with τοῦ Χριστοῦ added, 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 4:12; Ephesians 5:30; Colossians 1:24; of which spiritual body Christ; is the head, Ephesians 4:15; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:19, who by the influence of his Spirit works in the church as the soul does in the body. ἕν σῶμα καί ἕν πνεῦμα, Ephesians 4:4. 4. ἡ σκιά and τό σῶμα are distinguished as the shadow and the thing itself which casts the shadow: Colossians 2:17; σκιάν αἰτησόμενος βασιλείας, ἧς ἥρπασεν ἑαυτῷ τό σῶμα, Josephus, b. j. 2, 2, 5; ((Philo de confus. ling. § 37; Lucian, Hermot. 79)). From sozo; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively -- bodily, body, slave. see GREEK sozo Englishman's Concordance Matthew 5:29 N-NNSGRK: ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου βληθῇ NAS: for your whole body to be thrown KJV: whole body should be cast INT: all the body of you be cast Matthew 5:30 N-NNS Matthew 6:22 N-GNS Matthew 6:22 N-NNS Matthew 6:23 N-NNS Matthew 6:25 N-DNS Matthew 6:25 N-NNS Matthew 10:28 N-ANS Matthew 10:28 N-ANS Matthew 26:12 N-GNS Matthew 26:26 N-NNS Matthew 27:52 N-NNP Matthew 27:58 N-ANS Matthew 27:59 N-ANS Mark 5:29 N-DNS Mark 14:8 N-ANS Mark 14:22 N-NNS Mark 15:43 N-ANS Luke 11:34 N-GNS Luke 11:34 N-NNS Luke 11:34 N-NNS Luke 11:36 N-NNS Luke 12:4 N-ANS Luke 12:22 N-DNS Luke 12:23 N-NNS Strong's Greek 4983 |
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