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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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Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 19:17 · retained source text

My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of mine owne body.

1611 marginal noteHeb. my belly.

Job 19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 19:26 · retained source text

And though after my skin, wormes destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

1611 marginal noteOr, After I shall awake through this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God.

Job 20:25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:25 · retained source text

It is drawen, and commeth out of the body; yea the glistering sword commeth out of his gall; terrours are vpon him.

Psalms 132:11
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 132:11 · retained source text

The LORD hath sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, hee will not turne from it; of the fruit of thy body will I set vpon thy throne.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thy belly.

1611 marginal note2.Sam.7.12. 1.king. 8.25. 2.chr. 6.16. luke 1.9. acts 2.30.

Isaiah 10:18
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:18 · retained source text

And shall consume the glory of his forrest, and of his fruitfull field both soule and body: and they shall bee as when a standerd bearer fainteth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the soule and euen to the flesh.

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 26:19 · retained source text

Thy dead men shall liue, together with my dead body shall they arise: awake and sing yee that dwell in dust: for thy dewe is as the dewe of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 51:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 51:23 · retained source text

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bow downe that wee may goe ouer: and thou hast laide thy body as the ground, and as the streete to them that went ouer.

Jeremiah 26:23
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:23 · retained source text

And they fet foorth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him vnto Iehoiakim the king, who slewe him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graues of the common people.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sons of the people.

Jeremiah 36:30
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:30 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD of Iehoiakim king of Iudah; He shall haue none to sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heate, and in the night to the frost.

1611 marginal noteChap.22.19.

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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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