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σῶμα G4983

G4983 is the Greek word σῶμα, transliterated sōma. The King James Version most often renders it body.

Word: σῶμαTransliteration: sōmaLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 114 verses

What it means

the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

Where it comes from

from G4982 (σώζω).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 138 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

body 123×bodies 11×members of the body 1×bodily 1×body's 1×slaves 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bodily, body, slave.

Verses using σῶμα

The first 40 of 114 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 5:29 · KJV

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 5:30 · KJV

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 6:22 · KJV

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matthew 6:23 · KJV

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 6:25 · KJV

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew 10:28 · KJV

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 14:12 · KJV

And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Matthew 26:12 · KJV

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Matthew 27:52 · KJV

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Matthew 27:58 · KJV

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

Matthew 27:59 · KJV

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Mark 5:29 · KJV

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

Mark 14:8 · KJV

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

Mark 15:43 · KJV

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:45 · KJV

And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

Luke 11:34 · KJV

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

Luke 11:36 · KJV

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Luke 12:4 · KJV

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 12:22 · KJV

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

Luke 12:23 · KJV

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Luke 17:37 · KJV

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Luke 22:19 · KJV

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Luke 23:52 · KJV

This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:55 · KJV

And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

Luke 24:3 · KJV

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:23 · KJV

And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

John 19:31 · KJV

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:38 · KJV

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

John 19:40 · KJV

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

John 20:12 · KJV

And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

Acts 9:40 · KJV

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Romans 1:24 · KJV

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

Romans 4:19 · KJV

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:

Romans 6:6 · KJV

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Romans 6:12 · KJV

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 7:4 · KJV

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Romans 7:24 · KJV

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Romans 8:10 · KJV

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Romans 8:11 · KJV

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Romans 8:13 · KJV

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Common questions

What does Strong's G4983 mean?

G4983 is the Greek word σῶμα (sōma), meaning the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

How is G4983 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it body (123 times), bodies (11 times), members of the body (1 time), bodily (1 time), body's (1 time), among others.

How many times does G4983 appear in the Bible?

σῶμα (sōma) is tagged in 114 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G4983 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G4982 (σώζω).

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