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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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Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 11:34 · retained source text

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light: but when thine eye is euill, thy body also is full of darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteMat. 6.22

Luke 11:36
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:36 · retained source text

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, hauing no part darke, the whole shalbe full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doeth giue thee light.

Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 12:4 · retained source text

And I say vnto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that, haue no more that they can doe.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 10.28.

Luke 12:22
¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 12:22 · retained source text

¶ And he said vnto his disciples, Therefore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life what yee shall eate, neither for the body what yee shall put on.

1611 marginal noteMat. 6.25.

Luke 12:23
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:23 · retained source text

The life is more then meate, and the body is more then raiment.

Luke 17:37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 17:37 · retained source text

And they answered, and said vnto him, Where, Lord? And he said vnto them, Wheresoeuer the body is, thither will the Eagles be gathered together.

1611 marginal noteMat. 24.28.

Luke 22:19
¶ And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 22:19 · retained source text

¶ And hee tooke bread, and gaue thankes, and brake it, and gaue vnto them, saying, This is my body which is giuen for you, this doe in remembrance of me.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 26.26.

Luke 23:52
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:52 · retained source text

This man went vnto Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus.

Luke 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:55 · retained source text

And the women also which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the Sepulchre, and how his body was layd.

Luke 24:3
And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 24:3 · retained source text

And they entred in, and found not the body of the Lord Iesus.

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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.

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