sōma · body

What it means

sōma (σῶμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “body”.

How to say it

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

1. The person in his physical part, living or dead.
2. Believers joined as one body.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Body: the living or dead body; hence the person; and in Paul, the whole of the believers. Abbott-Smith: a body; a person; a slave.

• “The lamp of the body is the eye” Matthew 6:22
• “Those who kill the body” Matthew 10:28
• The body of Jesus Luke 23:52Matthew 26:26
• “Your body is a sanctuary” 1 Corinthians 6:19Romans 12:1
• One body with many members 1 Corinthians 12:12

How we translate it

“Body” 130 times, “bodies” 11, “bodily presence” 1. This edition's glossary sets “body” with no deviations, distinct from σάρξ, “flesh”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• body ×130
• bodies ×11
• bodily presence ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×14
• Mark×4
• Luke×13
• John×6
• Acts×1
• Romans×13
• 1 Corinthians×46
• 2 Corinthians×10
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×9
• Philippians×3
• Colossians×8
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×5
• James×5
• 1 Peter×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:29

  And if your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

• Matthew 5:30

  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.

• Matthew 6:22

  “The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light;

• Matthew 6:23

  but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

• Matthew 6:25

  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

• Matthew 10:28

  And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

• Matthew 26:12

  For in pouring this perfume on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

• Matthew 26:26

  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, he broke it and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

• Matthew 27:52

  and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

• Matthew 27:58

  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

• Matthew 27:59

  And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth

• Mark 5:29

  And at once the source of her bleeding dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

• Mark 14:8

  What she had she did; she has anticipated anointing my body for burial.

• Mark 14:22

  And as they were eating, taking bread and blessing, he broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is my body.”

• Mark 15:43

  Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and took courage and went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

• Luke 11:34

  The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

• Luke 11:36

  So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”

• Luke 12:4

  And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that cannot do anything more.

• Luke 12:22

  And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear.

• Luke 12:23

  For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

• Luke 17:37

  And answering, they say to him, “Where, Lord?” And he said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered together.”

• Luke 22:19

  And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

• Luke 23:52

  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

• Luke 23:55

  And the women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

• Luke 24:3

  but when they went in, they did not find the body.

• Luke 24:23

  and when they did not find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

• John 2:21

  But he was speaking about the sanctuary of his body.

• John 19:31

  So the Jews, since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath day was a great one), asked Pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken away.

• John 19:38

  After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. So he came and took away his body.

• John 19:40

  So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews in burying.

• John 20:12

  and she sees two angels in white, sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

• Acts 9:40

  But Peter put all outside, and kneeling down he prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, get up.” And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.

• Romans 1:24

  Therefore God handed them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

• Romans 4:19

  And without weakening in faith, he considered his own body dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

• Romans 6:6

  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer serve as slaves to sin;

• Romans 6:12

  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires;

• Romans 7:4

  So, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Messiah, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

• Romans 7:24

  Wretched man that I am. Who will rescue me from this body of death?

• Romans 8:10

  But if the Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

• Romans 8:11

  And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised the Messiah Jesus from the dead will give life also to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who dwells in you.

And 102 more times.