Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
The 1611 reading
Neither shall he goe in to any dead body, nor defile himselfe for his father, or for his mother:
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 24:10
Complete exact-word concordance
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Neither shall he goe in to any dead body, nor defile himselfe for his father, or for his mother:
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
For the body is not one member, but many.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
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.