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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.

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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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Showing verses 71–80 of 151 · 174 word occurrences in this result

John 20:12
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 20:12 · retained source text

And seeth two Angels in white, sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feete, where the body of Iesus had layen:

Acts 9:40
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 9:40 · retained source text

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled downe, and prayed, and turning him to the body, said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sate vp.

Acts 19:12
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 19:12 · retained source text

So that from his body were brought vnto the sicke handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the euill spirits went out of them.

Romans 4:19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 4:19 · retained source text

And being not weake in faith, hee considered not his owne body now dead, when hee was about an hundred yere old, neither yet the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 6:6 · retained source text

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the bodie of sinne might bee destroyed, that hencefoorth we should not serue sinne.

Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:4 · retained source text

Wherefore my brethren, yee also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, euen to him who is raised from the dead, that wee should bring forth fruit vnto God,

Romans 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 7:24 · retained source text

O wretched man that I am: who shall deliuer me from the body of this death?

1611 marginal noteOr, this body of death.

Romans 8:10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:10 · retained source text

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sinne: but the spirit is life, because of righteousnesse.

Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:13 · retained source text

For if ye liue after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the spirit doe mortifie the deeds of the body, ye shall liue.

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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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