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Greek noun (neuter) · G4983

σῶμα

somaso'-mah

Prop., of the human body; Of the bodies of animals; Of inanimate objects; Of any corporeal substance

142 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: sōma

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4983is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 10
    spellings
  • 4
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4983

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

The King James renders it: bodily, body, slave.

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

soma is rendered "Prop., of the human body; Of the bodies of animals; Of inanimate objects; Of any corporeal substance". It stands 142 times in the Greek text, across eighteen books.

  • Forty-six of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Prop., of the human body".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • The Greek text spells it ten different ways.

The first use

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:29σῶμά

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries four meanings: Prop., of the human body, and Of the bodies of animals, and Of inanimate objects, and Of any corporeal substance.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
Prop., of the human body__(a) as always in Hom. (opposite to δέμας), of the dead bodyTagged as
  • body122
  • a body5
  • of body2
  • in body1
  • of slaves1
  • the body1
WhereMatthew 27:58He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
Of the bodies of animalsTagged as
  • bodies10
WhereExodus 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Of inanimate objectsTagged aslisted under the tableWhere1 Corinthians 15:37And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed…
Of any corporeal substanceTagged aslisted under the tableWhereRomans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

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.

σωματικόςsomatikosbodilyUses2
σωματικῶςsomatikosbodilyUses1

All 142, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

10 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

  • σῶμα54
  • σώματος32
  • σώματι22
  • σῶμά14
  • σώματα10
  • σώματός4
  • σῶμα.¶2
  • σώματί2
  • σώματι.¶1
  • σωμάτων1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular40N-NSN
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular36N-GSN
  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular30N-ASN
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular25N-DSN
  • noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural6N-NPN
  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural4N-APN
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN

Matthew

fourteen uses
  • If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

    Matthew 5:29

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

    Matthew 5:30

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

    Matthew 6:22

    • σώματόςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

    Matthew 6:23

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

    Matthew 6:25

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

    Matthew 10:28

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

    Matthew 26:12

    • σώματόςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

    Matthew 26:26

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

    Matthew 27:52

    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

    Matthew 27:58

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    Matthew 27:59

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body

Mark

four uses
  • Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

    Mark 5:29

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

    Mark 14:8

    • σῶμάsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

    Mark 14:22

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

    Mark 15:43

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body

Luke

thirteen uses
  • Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

    Luke 11:34

    • σώματόςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of body
    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

    Luke 11:36

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

    Luke 12:4

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

    Luke 12:22

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

    Luke 12:23

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

    Luke 17:37

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

    Luke 22:19

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

    Luke 23:52

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

    Luke 23:55

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

    Luke 24:3

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

    Luke 24:23

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body

John

six uses
  • But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

    John 2:21

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

    John 19:31

    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

    John 19:38

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

    John 19:40

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

    John 20:12

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body

Acts

one use
  • Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

    Acts 9:40

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body

Romans

thirteen uses
  • Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

    Romans 1:24

    • σώματαsomatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

    Romans 4:19

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

    Romans 6:6

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

    Romans 6:12

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

    Romans 7:4

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

    Romans 7:24

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

    Romans 8:10

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

    Romans 8:11

    • σώματαsomatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

    Romans 8:13

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

    Romans 8:23

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

    Romans 12:1

    • σώματαsomatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

    Romans 12:4

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

    Romans 12:5

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body

1 Corinthians

forty-six uses
  • Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

    1 Corinthians 5:3

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: in body
  • “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

    1 Corinthians 6:13

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: the body
    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

    1 Corinthians 6:15

    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

    1 Corinthians 6:16

    • σῶμάsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

    1 Corinthians 6:18

    • σώματόςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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;

    1 Corinthians 6:19

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

    1 Corinthians 6:20

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 7:4

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 7:34

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

    1 Corinthians 9:27

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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?

    1 Corinthians 10:16

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

    1 Corinthians 10:17

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.”

    1 Corinthians 11:24

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 11:27

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

    1 Corinthians 11:29

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 12:12

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 12:13

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

    1 Corinthians 12:14

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 12:15

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 12:16

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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?

    1 Corinthians 12:17

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

    1 Corinthians 12:18

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • If they were all one part, where would the body be?

    1 Corinthians 12:19

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

    1 Corinthians 12:20

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

    1 Corinthians 12:22

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

    1 Corinthians 12:23

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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,

    1 Corinthians 12:24

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

    1 Corinthians 12:25

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

    1 Corinthians 12:27

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

    1 Corinthians 13:3

    • σῶμάsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

    1 Corinthians 15:35

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

    1 Corinthians 15:37

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

    1 Corinthians 15:38

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a body
    • σῶμα.¶somanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 15:40

    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

    1 Corinthians 15:44

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a body
    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a body

2 Corinthians

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

    2 Corinthians 4:10

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    2 Corinthians 5:6

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    2 Corinthians 5:8

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    2 Corinthians 5:10

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

    2 Corinthians 10:10

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    2 Corinthians 12:2

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

    2 Corinthians 12:3

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Galatians

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

    Galatians 6:17

    • σώματίsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Ephesians

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

    Ephesians 1:23

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

    Ephesians 2:16

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

    Ephesians 4:4

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

    Ephesians 4:12

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    Ephesians 4:16

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • 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.

    Ephesians 5:23

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    Ephesians 5:28

    • σώματαsomatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies
  • For we are members of His body.

    Ephesians 5:30

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Philippians

three uses
  • 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.

    Philippians 1:20

    • σώματίsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

    Philippians 3:21

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Colossians

eight uses
  • 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.

    Colossians 1:18

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

    Colossians 1:22

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

    Colossians 1:24

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

    Colossians 2:11

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

    Colossians 2:17

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

    Colossians 2:19

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

    Colossians 2:23

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of body
  • Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

    Colossians 3:15

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    1 Thessalonians 5:23

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body

Hebrews

five uses
  • Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

    Hebrews 10:5

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a body
  • And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    Hebrews 10:10

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

    Hebrews 10:22

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

    Hebrews 13:3

    • σώματι.¶somatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

    Hebrews 13:11

    • σώματαsomatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bodies

James

five uses
  • If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

    James 2:16

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

    James 2:26

    • σῶμαsomanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

    James 3:2

    • σῶμα.¶somanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

    James 3:3

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body
  • The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

    James 3:6

    • σῶμαsomanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: body

1 Peter

one use
  • He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

    1 Peter 2:24

    • σώματιsomatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Jude

one use
  • But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

    Jude 1:9

    • σώματοςsomatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: body

Revelation

one use
  • of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.

    Revelation 18:13

    • σωμάτωνsomatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: of slaves

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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