Strong's Number G4983

σῶμα

soma · so'-mah

Transliteration:

soma{so'-mah}

Word Origin:

from 4982

TDNT:

7:1024,1140

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

body 143, bodily 1, slave 1

Total: 146
Occurs 142 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the body both of men or animals
1. a dead body or corpse
2. the living body
  1. of animals
the bodies of plants and of stars (heavenly bodies)
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
1. so in the NT of the church
that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself