σῶμα

σῶμα, -τος, τό,

[in LXX for גְּוִיָּה ,בָּשָׂר, etc., and for Aram. נְבֵלָה ;]

a body.

1. Prop., of the human body,

(a) as always in Hom. (opposite to δέμας), of the dead body: Matthew 27:58, 59, Mark 15:43, al.;

(b) of the living body: Luke 11:34, 1 Corinthians 6:13, al.; ἐν σ. εἶναι, Hebrews 13:3; as the instrument of the soul, τὰ διὰ τοῦ σ., 2 Corinthians 5:10; opposite to πνεῦμα, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 5:3; 7:4, James 2:26; to ψυχή, Matthew 6:25; 10:28, Luke 12:22 (cf. Wis.1.1, al.); to τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ., 1 Thessalonians 5:23; σ. ψυχικόν, opposite to σ. πνευματικόν, 1 Corinthians 15:44; ὁ ναὸς τοῦ σ. αὐτοῦ (genitive epexeg.), John 2:21; τὸ σ. τ. ταπεινώσεως (Hebraistic "genitive of definition"; M, Pr., 73f.; Bl., §35, 5), opposite to τὸ σ. τ. δοξῆς αὐτοῦ, Philippians 3:21; similarly, τὸ σ. τ. σαρκός, Colossians 1:22; σ. τοῦ θανάτου (subject to death), Romans 7:24; σ. τ. ἁμαρτίας, Romans 6:6;

(with) periphr., ἀνθρώπου, then absol., σῶμα (Soph., Xen., al.), a person, and in later writers (Polyb., al.), a slave: Revelation 18:13 (cf. MM, i, ii, xxiv; Deiss., BS, 160).

2. Of the bodies of animals: living, James 3:3; dead, Hebrews 13:11 ( Exodus 29:14, al.).

3. Of inanimate objects (cf. Eng. "heavenly bodies"): 1 Corinthians 15:37, 38, 40 (Diod., al.).

4. Of any corporeal substance (Plat., al.): opposite to σκιά, Colossians 2:17. Metaphorical, of a number of persons united by a common bond; in NT, of the Church as the spiritual body of Christ: Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17; 12:13, 27, Ephesians 1:23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:23, 30, Colossians 1:18, 24; 2:19; 3:15; ἓν σ. κ. ἓν πνεῦμα, Ephesians 4:4.