KJV dictionary & concordance

body

Meaning of “body”

Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

174 occurrences151 verses35 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 24:10

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2 Kings 8:5

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And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:5 · retained source text

And it came to passe as he was telling the King how hee had restored a dead body to life, that behold, the woman whose sonne he had restored to life, cryed to the King for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her sonne, whom Elisha restored to life.

Complete reference index — all 151 verses

Exodus 24:10 Leviticus 21:11 Numbers 6:6 Numbers 9:6 Numbers 9:7 Numbers 9:10 Numbers 19:11 Numbers 19:13 Numbers 19:16 Deuteronomy 21:23 Deuteronomy 28:4 Deuteronomy 28:11 Deuteronomy 28:18 Deuteronomy 28:53 Deuteronomy 30:9 Judges 8:30 1 Samuel 31:10 1 Samuel 31:12 2 Kings 8:5 1 Chronicles 10:12 Job 19:17 Job 19:26 Job 20:25 Psalms 132:11 Proverbs 5:11 Isaiah 10:18 Isaiah 26:19 Isaiah 51:23 Jeremiah 26:23 Jeremiah 36:30 Lamentations 4:7 Ezekiel 10:12 Daniel 4:33 Daniel 5:21 Daniel 7:11 Daniel 7:15 Daniel 10:6 Micah 6:7 Haggai 2:13 Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 6:22 Matthew 6:23 Matthew 6:25 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 14:12 Matthew 26:12 Matthew 26:26 Matthew 27:58 Matthew 27:59 Mark 5:29 Mark 14:8 Mark 14:22 Mark 14:51 Mark 15:43 Mark 15:45 Luke 11:34 Luke 11:36 Luke 12:4 Luke 12:22 Luke 12:23 Luke 17:37 Luke 22:19 Luke 23:52 Luke 23:55 Luke 24:3 Luke 24:23 John 2:21 John 19:38 John 19:40 John 20:12 Acts 9:40 Acts 19:12 Romans 4:19 Romans 6:6 Romans 6:12 Romans 7:4 Romans 7:24 Romans 8:10 Romans 8:13 Romans 8:23 Romans 12:4 Romans 12:5 1 Corinthians 5:3 1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 6:16 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 6:20 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:34 1 Corinthians 9:27 1 Corinthians 10:16 1 Corinthians 10:17 1 Corinthians 11:24 1 Corinthians 11:27 1 Corinthians 11:29 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:13 1 Corinthians 12:14 1 Corinthians 12:15 1 Corinthians 12:16 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:18 1 Corinthians 12:19 1 Corinthians 12:20 1 Corinthians 12:22 1 Corinthians 12:23 1 Corinthians 12:24 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:27 1 Corinthians 13:3 1 Corinthians 15:35 1 Corinthians 15:37 1 Corinthians 15:38 1 Corinthians 15:44 2 Corinthians 4:10 2 Corinthians 5:6 2 Corinthians 5:8 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Corinthians 12:2 2 Corinthians 12:3 Galatians 6:17 Ephesians 1:23 Ephesians 2:16 Ephesians 3:6 Ephesians 4:4 Ephesians 4:12 Ephesians 4:16 Ephesians 5:23 Ephesians 5:30 Philippians 1:20 Philippians 3:21 Colossians 1:18 Colossians 1:22 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:17 Colossians 2:19 Colossians 2:23 Colossians 3:15 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Hebrews 10:5 Hebrews 10:10 Hebrews 13:3 James 2:16 James 2:26 James 3:2 James 3:3 James 3:6 1 Peter 2:24 Jude 1:9

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:14

For the body is not one member, but many.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man. Reality, as opposed to representation. A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united. The main part; the bulk. Any extended solid substance; matter; any substance or mass distinct from others.

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