πτῶμα
ptōma · corpse
Greek word · Strong’s number G4430 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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ptōma (πτῶμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “corpse”.
Dead body, corpse.
How to say it
ptō·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The remains of someone who has died.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- corpse ×4
- body ×1
- carcass ×1
- corpses ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 14:12
And his disciples came and took the corpse and buried him, and they went and reported it to Jesus.
- Matthew 24:28
Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.
- Mark 6:29
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.
- Mark 15:45
And learning it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
- Revelation 11:8
And their corpse will lie in the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 11:9
And people from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their corpse for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be placed in a tomb.
And 1 more times.