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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
σῶμα, -ματος, τό
Greek transliteration: 
sōma
Simplified transliteration: 
soma
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4983
GK Number: 
5393
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
142
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3c(4)
Gloss: 

body, the mass of anything, usually a corporeal tissue, human, animal, or plant

Definition: 

body, the mass of anything, usually a corporeal tissue, human, animal, or plant, though it can also refer to a heavenly body; the church is said to be like a (human) body, emphasizing its essential unity with very important diversities of function within the unity.

the body, of an animal; a living body, Mt. 5:29, 30; 6:22, 23, 25; Jas. 3:3; a person, individual, 1 Cor. 6:16; a dead body; corpse, carcass, Mt. 14:12; 27:52, 58; Heb. 13:11; the human body considered as the seat and occasion of moral imperfection, as inducing to sin through its appetites and passions, Rom. 7:24; 8:13; genr. a body, a material substance, 1 Cor. 15:37, 38, 40; the substance, reality, as opposed to ἡ σκιά, Col. 2:17; in NT met., the aggregate body of believers, the body of the Church, Rom. 12:5; Col. 1:18

Greek-English Concordance for σῶμα

Colossians 1:24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my flesh am completing what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ in flesh my for the sake of his body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut), his which is the church,
Colossians 2:11 In him you also were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, by the putting off of the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut) of flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
Colossians 2:17 These are but a shadow of what was to come, but the reality (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) is found in Christ.
Colossians 2:19 That person is not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut), nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, nourished and held together grows with a growth that is from God.
Colossians 2:23 Such regulations indeed have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed religious piety, false humility, and harsh control over the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut), but they actually lead to the gratification of the flesh.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ be the ruling principle in your heart, your to which indeed you were called in one body (sōmati | σώματι | dat sg neut). And be thankful. be
1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit, soul, and body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) be preserved completely whole and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) you prepared for me.
Hebrews 10:10 By that will we have been made holy through the offering of the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut) of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:22 let us continue to draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, since our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience and our bodies (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) washed with clean water.
Hebrews 13:3 Continue to remember those in prison, as though you were in prison with them, and those who are being mistreated, as though you yourself were suffering bodily.
Hebrews 13:11 For while the blood of those animals whose blood is brought into the Most Holy Place by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, their bodies (sōmata | σώματα | nom pl neut) are burned outside the camp.
James 2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; stay warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not give them what their body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut) needs, what good is that?
James 2:26 For just as the body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) without the spirit is dead, so also faith devoid of works is dead.
James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature individual, able to bridle his whole body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) as well.
James 3:3 Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, then we guide their entire body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut).
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of iniquity among our members; it defiles the whole body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut), sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body (sōmati | σώματι | dat sg neut) on the tree so that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
Jude 1:9 But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut) of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Revelation 18:13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; and slaves (sōmatōn | σωμάτων | gen pl neut), that is, human livestock.

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