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GreekG4430Noun (Neuter)

πτῶμα

ptōma

6Occurrences
G4430Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)

from the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity .
2.That which has fallen
(a)of buildings, a ruin
(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
LXX: (מַפֶּלֶת), (14) (פֶּרֶץ), (שֹׁד),

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

πτῶμα appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
2
Mark
2
Revelation
2

Key Passages

Matthew 14:12BSB

Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

Matthew 24:28BSB

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Mark 15:45BSB

When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Mark 6:29BSB

When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Revelation 11:8BSB

Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.