Greek noun (neuter) · G4430
πτῶμα
ptomapto'-mah
a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; That which has fallen
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ptōma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4430is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4430
a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)
The King James renders it: dead body, carcase, corpse.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ptoma is rendered "a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; That which has fallen". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 14:12Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
Matthew 14:12πτῶμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al., and That which has fallen.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 14:12Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus. |
| That which has fallen__(a) of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.); __(b) of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc., but also... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 14:12Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πτῶμα6
- πτώματα1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular4N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
Matthew
two uses
Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: carcass
Mark
two uses
When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
Revelation
three uses
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
- πτῶμαptomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
- πτώματαptomatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.