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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.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
174 occurrences151 verses35 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 24:10

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James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:16 · retained source text

And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed & filled: notwithstanding ye giue them not those things which are needfull to the body: what doth it profit?

James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:26 · retained source text

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.

1611 marginal noteOr, breath.

James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:2 · retained source text

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:3 · retained source text

Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about their whole body.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:6 · retained source text

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.

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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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