G4430: πτῶμα
ptōma · “corpse”
Definition
a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)
KJV translates it as: dead body, carcase, corpse
Word origin: from the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);
Extended definition
(πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.8:19, Wis.4:18, al. ;]
1. a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX).
2. That which has fallen;
(a) of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.);
(b) of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4430 is translated
- body ×5
- carcass, ×1
- bodies ×1
Bible verses with G4430 (ptōma)
Ptōma appears in 6 verses.
- Matthew 14:12
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
- Matthew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Mark 6:29
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- Mark 15:45
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
- Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 11:9
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.