“the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
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
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Etymology
from G4982 (σώζω);
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