Definition
πτῶμα -τος, τό
(πίπτω), [in LXX: Judges 14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job 16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isaiah 51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdt.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: Matthew 14:12; 24:28, Mark 15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mark 6:29; αὐτῶν, Revelation 11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πτῶμα:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 14:12πτῶμα · bodyThen John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
- Matthew 24:28πτῶμα · a carcassWherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
- Mark 6:29πτῶμα · bodyWhen John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
- Mark 15:45πτῶμα · bodyWhen Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
- Revelation 11:8πτῶμα · bodiesTheir bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
- Revelation 11:9πτῶμα · bodies; πτώματα · [them]For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.