Jump to: ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.2. (n.) The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. 3. (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. 4. (n.) A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. 5. (n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. 6. (n.) A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. (n.) Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body. 8. (n.) Amount; quantity; extent. 9. (n.) That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. (n.) The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. (n.) Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. 14. (v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BODYbod'-i: BODY OF DEATH deth (soma tou thanatou): These words are found in Paul's impassioned argument on the reign of the law, which dooms man to continuous disappointment and convinces him of the terrible power of indwelling sin. "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Romans 7:24 the King James Version). It is the "picture of the still unredeemed man in his relation to the law" (Meyer). The translation, "this body of death," though grammatically possible, is logically impermissible. The picture here before the mind of the apostle is not physical but ethical. Death points to the dominion of sin, to the reign of the law, as revealed in his physical life, from which he is delivered only through regeneration, by faith in Christ. It points to the "I must" and to the "I cannot." It is therefore the bondage under the law of sin, the body as the seat of this conscious and bitter struggle, that the figure points at. And yet the ethical may have a physical background. There may be a distant reference here to the dreadful punishment of the ancients of chaining the living body to a corpse, that the constant corruption of death might extinguish the life of the victim of this exquisite torture. BODY OF HEAVEN The King James Version translates the Hebrew idiom, etsem ha-shamayim, by "the body of heaven" (Exodus 24:10). A more correct rendering is given in the Revised Version (British and American), "the very heaven," taking the word `etsem in its idiomatic use as an intensive, which is derived from its literal meaning, "bone," as "strength," "substance," and then as "self" (compare Job 21:23); the substance of the blue, unclouded sky, hence, the clear sky itself. BODY, SPIRITUAL spir'-it-u-al: Paul describes the body after the resurrection as a spiritual body (soma psuchikon) and contrasts it with the natural (psychical body, soma pneumatikon, 1 Corinthians 15:44). Our present natural body has for its life-principle the soul (psuche) but the resurrection body is adapted and subordinated to the spirit (pneuma). See PSYCHOLOGY. The apostle does not argue for a literal and material identity of that future body with the present one, but thinks of it as the counterpart of the present animal organism so conditioned as to be adapted to a state of existence which lies wholly within the sphere of the spirit. Against his Corinthian readers he argues that the resurrection cannot be succeeded by a state of non-existence, nor is he willing to admit a mere etherealized state. There must be a body, but between it and our present body there is a similar difference to that between the first and second Adam. The present body and the first Adam were alike dominated by the soul (psuche); but as the second Adam became a life-giving spirit, so will the resurrection body be a spiritual one. Christ became a life-giving spirit through the resurrection (Meyer on 1 Corinthians 15:45); and since we are to bear His image (1 Corinthians 15:49), it becomes evident that Christ's resurrection-body is the nearest possible approach to a sensible representation of the spiritual body. For this Paul argues more directly when he affirms that our resurrection-body shall be transformed according to the body of His glory (Philippians 3:21; compare 1 John 3:2). The body of Christ after the resurrection was conformed in many respects to the body of His earthly life, yet with some marked differences. He ate (Luke 24:42, 43); He breathed (John 20:22); possessed flesh and bones (Luke 24:39), and could be apprehended by the bodily senses (Luke 24:40 John 20:27). His body possessed characteristics which differentiated it entirely from the popular fancy of ghosts or apparitions (Luke 24:36-43). Yet His body was superior to the usual barriers which restrict human movements. Barred doors and distances did not impede His going (John 20:19-26 Luke 24:31-36). The context shows that the purpose of His eating was to convince the disciples that it was really He (Luke 24:41-43), and not to sustain life which His body was probably capable of maintaining in other ways. John speaks of His appearances after His resurrection as "manifestations" (John 21:1-21). A change in His person and appearance had certainly taken place, for those who knew Him best did not at once recognize Him (Luke 24:16 John 20:14). It is evident therefore that the post-resurrection-body of Jesus was one that had the power of materializing itself to natural senses, or withdrawing itself at will. It was this same body which was taken into the heavens at the ascension, and which remains in heaven (Acts 1:11; Acts 3:21). There is no hint that it underwent any change in its removal from earth. Hence, the spiritual body of which Paul speaks is not to be unlike the body which Jesus possessed after His resurrection. There is to be an absence of the desires and passions which belong naturally to the present bodily existence (Matthew 22:30 Luke 20:35, 36). SPIRITUAL BODY (soma pneumatikon, "body spiritual"): The resurrection-body, a body fitted to the capacities and wants of the spirit in the celestial world; an organism conformed to the spiritual life at the resurrection (see 1 Corinthians 15:44). DEAD BODY See CORPSE. DEATH, BODY OF See BODY OF DEATH. Greek 4954. sussomos -- of the same body ... of the same body. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sussomos Phonetic Spelling: (soos'-so-mos) Short Definition: belonging to the same body Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4954.htm - 7k 4983. soma -- a body 5559. chros -- the surface of the body, skin 2966. kolon -- a limb (of the body) 4636. skenos -- a tent, fig. for the body 4244. presbuterion -- a body of elders 3196. melos -- a member or limb (of the body) 4505. rhume -- the rush (of a moving body), hence a (crowded) ... 4984. somatikos -- of the body 4733. stereoma -- a solid body, a support, strength, firmness Strong's Hebrew 1655. geshem -- the body... 1654, 1655. geshem. 1656 . the body. Transliteration: geshem Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-shem) Short Definition: body. Word Origin ... /hebrew/1655.htm - 6k 990. beten -- belly, body, womb 1480. guphah -- a body, corpse 1472. gviyah -- a body, corpse 193a. ul -- the body, belly 1472a. geviyyah -- a body, corpse 8302. shiryon -- body armor 1610. gaph -- body, self, height, elevation 4928. mishmaath -- an obedient band, body of subjects 8351. sheth -- seat (of the body), buttocks Library A Body of Divinity The Redemption of the Body Whether God is a Body? Whether Light is a Body? Whether the Soul is a Body? The Sacrifice of the Body Whether the Body of Christ, as it is in this Sacrament, Can be ... Whether Perfection of the Body is Necessary for Happiness? May 29. "The Body is for the Lord and the Lord for the Body" (I. ... Whether the Body of Christ be in this Sacrament in Very Truth, or ... Thesaurus Body (562 Occurrences)... usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. ... /b/body.htm - 59k Body-guard (23 Occurrences) Body-covers (25 Occurrences) Body-cover (11 Occurrences) Body's (3 Occurrences) Body-coats (4 Occurrences) Body-coat (2 Occurrences) Body-armour (1 Occurrence) Body-servant (1 Occurrence) Busy-body (1 Occurrence) Resources What is the Church of Body Modification? | GotQuestions.orgWhat did Jesus mean when He said, “This is my body, broken for you”? | GotQuestions.org Do we have two or three parts? Body, soul, and spirit? Dichotomy or trichotomy? | GotQuestions.org Body: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Body (562 Occurrences)Matthew 1:20 Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 5:40 Matthew 6:22 Matthew 6:23 Matthew 6:25 Matthew 8:6 Matthew 10:10 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 14:12 Matthew 15:17 Matthew 15:30 Matthew 21:14 Matthew 24:28 Matthew 26:12 Matthew 26:26 Matthew 26:41 Matthew 27:58 Matthew 27:59 Matthew 27:62 Matthew 27:64 Matthew 27:66 Matthew 28:1 Matthew 28:13 Mark 5:29 Mark 6:29 Mark 7:1 Mark 7:19 Mark 12:8 Mark 14:8 Mark 14:22 Mark 14:38 Mark 14:51 Mark 15:43 Mark 15:45 Mark 15:46 Mark 16:1 Mark 16:2 Luke 1:42 Luke 1:44 Luke 11:27 Luke 11:34 Luke 11:36 Luke 12:4 Luke 12:5 Luke 12:22 Luke 12:23 Luke 14:13 Luke 17:37 Luke 22:19 Luke 22:66 Luke 23:1 Luke 23:52 Luke 23:53 Luke 23:55 Luke 24:1 Luke 24:3 Luke 24:12 Luke 24:22 Luke 24:23 John 2:21 John 3:4 John 7:23 John 7:38 John 11:39 John 11:52 John 13:10 John 19:38 John 19:40 John 20:12 Acts 1:18 Acts 2:26 Acts 2:30 Acts 2:31 Acts 4:10 Acts 5:6 Acts 5:9 Acts 5:36 Acts 6:2 Acts 7:57 Acts 8:2 Acts 8:7 Acts 9:37 Acts 9:40 Acts 12:20 Acts 13:36 Acts 15:20 Acts 15:29 Acts 19:12 Acts 21:25 Acts 23:27 Romans 4:19 Romans 6:6 Romans 6:12 Romans 6:13 Romans 6:19 Romans 7:4 Romans 7:5 Romans 7:23 Subtopics Related Terms |