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sōma G4983

σῶμα (sōma) means “body” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

σῶμα Greek · G4983 142 tagged occurrences in 120 verses

Pronunciation guide: so'-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4983

σῶμα · sōma · body

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

body, flesh; the body of the Church.

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How translators render G4983

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
body 102
bodies 12
the body 3
a body 2
body is 2
in body 2
it 2
physical 2
animal 1
body be 1
body that casts it 1
body were 1
carcass 1
of bodies 1
of body 1
of the body 1
parts 1
person 1
suffering with them 1
the bodies 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
body 63
the body 50
of the body 12
bodies 8
a body 2
for the body 2
in body 2
of 2
the bodies 2
bodily 1
bodys 1
for 1
in 1
our bodies 1
slaves 1
to the body 1

Verses containing G4983

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do 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;

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  2. 1 Corinthians 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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  3. 1 Corinthians 7:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The 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.

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  4. 1 Corinthians 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and 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.

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  5. 1 Corinthians 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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  6. 1 Corinthians 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is 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?

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  7. 1 Corinthians 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

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  9. 1 Corinthians 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, 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.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 12:12 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    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.

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  12. 1 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For 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.

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  13. 1 Corinthians 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 12:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  15. 1 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  16. 1 Corinthians 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If 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?

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  17. 1 Corinthians 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

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  18. 1 Corinthians 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If they were all one part, where would the body be?

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  19. 1 Corinthians 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

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  21. 1 Corinthians 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

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  22. 1 Corinthians 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

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  23. 1 Corinthians 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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  27. 1 Corinthians 15:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

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  28. 1 Corinthians 15:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

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  29. 1 Corinthians 15:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    There 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.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 15:44 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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  31. 2 Corinthians 4:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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  32. 2 Corinthians 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

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  33. 2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For 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.

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  35. 2 Corinthians 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

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  36. 2 Corinthians 12:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I 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.

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  37. 2 Corinthians 12:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

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  38. Galatians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

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  39. Ephesians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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  40. Ephesians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.

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  41. Ephesians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

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  42. Ephesians 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

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  43. Ephesians 4:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    From 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.

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  44. Ephesians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  45. Ephesians 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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  46. Ephesians 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are members of His body.

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  47. Philippians 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I 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.

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  48. Philippians 3:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

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  49. Colossians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And 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.

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  50. Colossians 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

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    Source alternate reference: 1.21

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