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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

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First occurrence: Exodus 24:10

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1 Corinthians 13:3
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 13:3 · retained source text

And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore, and though I giue my body to bee burned, and haue not charitie, it profiteth me nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:35
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:35 · retained source text

But some man will say, How are the dead raysed vp? and with what body doe they come?

1 Corinthians 15:37
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:37 · retained source text

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare graine, it may chance of wheate, or of some other graine.

1 Corinthians 15:38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:38 · retained source text

But God giueth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to euery seed his owne body.

1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:44 · retained source text

It is sowen a naturall body, it is raised a spirituall bodie. There is a naturall bodie, and there is a spirituall bodie.

2 Corinthians 4:10
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 4:10 · retained source text

Alwayes bearing about in the body, the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life also of Iesus might bee made manifest in our body.

2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 5:8 · retained source text

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 5:10 · retained source text

For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ, that euery one may receiue the things done in his body, according to that hee hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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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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