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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.

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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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Hebrews 10:5
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hebrews 10:5 · retained source text

Wherefore when hee commeth into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared mee:

1611 marginal noteOr, thou hast fitted me.

Hebrews 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 10:10 · retained source text

By the which will wee are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Iesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 13:3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 13:3 · retained source text

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer aduersitie, as being your selues also in the body.

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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.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

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.

volume 1, leaf 291, column 1-2 (main dictionary)

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