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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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Showing verses 61–70 of 151 · 174 word occurrences in this result

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.

Luke 24:23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 24:23 · retained source text

And when they found not his bodie, they came, saying, that they had also seene a vision of Angels, which saide that he was aliue.

John 2:21
But he spake of the temple of his body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:21 · retained source text

But he spake of the temple of his body.

John 19:38
¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 19:38 · retained source text

¶ And after this, Ioseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Iesus, and Pilate gaue him leaue: he came therefore, and tooke the body of Iesus.

1611 marginal noteMat. 27.57.

John 19:40
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 19:40 · retained source text

Then tooke they the body of Iesus, & wound it in linnen clothes, with the spices, as the maner of the Iewes is to burie:

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

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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