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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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Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 5:29 · retained source text

And if thy right eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe cause thee to offend.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.8. marke 9.47.

Matthew 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:30 · retained source text

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 6:22 · retained source text

The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe full of light.

1611 marginal noteLuke 11.34.

Matthew 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:23 · retained source text

But if thine eye be euill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse?

Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 6:25 · retained source text

Therfore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, nor yet for your body, what yee shall put on: Is not the life more then meate? and the body then raiment?

1611 marginal noteLuke 12.22. psal. 55.22. 1.pet. 5.7.

Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:28 · retained source text

And feare not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 12.4.

Matthew 14:12
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 14:12 · retained source text

And his Disciples came, and took vp the body, and buried it, and went and told Iesus.

Matthew 26:12
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 26:12 · retained source text

For in that she hath powred this ointment on my body, shee did it for my buriall.

Matthew 26:26
¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 26:26 · retained source text

¶ And as they were eating, Iesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gaue it to the Disciples, and said, Take, eate, this is my body.

1611 marginal noteMany Greeke copies haue, gaue thanks.

1611 marginal note1.Cor. 11.24.

Matthew 27:58
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:58 · retained source text

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus: then Pilate commanded the body to be deliuered.

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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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