KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 24:10
Complete exact-word concordance
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
And not only they, but our selues also which haue the first fruites of the spirit, euen we our selues groane within our selues, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
1611 marginal noteLuke 21.28.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
So we being many are one bodie in Christ, and euery one members one of another.
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
For I verily as absent in body, but present in spirit, haue iudged alreadie, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
1611 marginal noteOr, determined.
1611 marginal noteCol. 2.5.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord: and the Lord for the body.
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
What, know ye not that he which is ioyned to an harlot, is one body? for two (saith he) shalbe one flesh.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Flee fornication: Euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the body: but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne body.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost which is in you, which yee haue of God, and ye are not your owne?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
For yee are bought with a price: therefore glorifie God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
For the body is not one member, but many.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
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.
