σῶμα sōma

Greek word for “body” · Strong’s G4983 · used 142 times in 120 verses

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Meaning

σῶμα, -τος, τό; a body.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sōma in context, with how often each is used:

• body 121
• bodies 9
• body is 4
• body? 3
• our body 2
• body were 1
• bodies there are 1
• slaves 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 12 (14), 1 Corinthians 6 (6), 1 Corinthians 15 (5), Romans 8 (4), Colossians 2 (4), Matthew 6 (3), Matthew 27 (3), Luke 12 (3), John 19 (3), Romans 12 (3)

Forms

• σῶμα 56
• σώματος 32
• σώματι 23
• σῶμά 14
• σώματα 10
• σώματός 4
• σώματί 2
• σωμάτων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sōma more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μέλος melos “member” 15
• εἷς ehis “one” 17
• ὅλος holos “all” 10
• εἰ ei “if” 13
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 11
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 7
• κλάω klaō “to break” 5
• πολύς polus “much” 9
• εἴτε eite “whether” 5
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 6
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 6
• γέεννα geenna “hell” 4

Key verses

The verses using sōma that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Romans 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable…
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one…
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it…
• Ephesians 4:12 — For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
• Philippians 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be…
• Colossians 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus…
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• James 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;…
• 1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.