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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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2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:2 · retained source text

I knewe a man in Christ aboue foureteene yeeres agoe, whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth: such a one, caught vp to the third heauen.

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 1:23 · retained source text

Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 2:16
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ephesians 2:16 · retained source text

And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by the crosse, hauing slaine the enmitie thereby,

1611 marginal noteOr, in himselfe.

Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 4:4 · retained source text

There is one body, and one spirit, euen as yee are called in one hope of your calling.

Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ephesians 4:16 · retained source text

From whom the whole body fitly ioyned together, and compacted by that which euery ioynt supplyeth, according to the effectuall working in the measure of euery part, maketh increase of the body, vnto the edifying of it selfe in loue.

1611 marginal noteCol. 2.19.

Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 5:23 · retained source text

For the husband is the head of the wife, euen as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the sauiour of the body.

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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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