Forms of the word

Dictionary
σῶμα, -ματος, τό
Greek transliteration
sōma
Simplified transliteration
soma

Numbers

Strong's number
4983
GK Number
5393

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
142
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(4)
Gloss
body, the mass of anything, usually a corporeal tissue, human, animal, or plant
Definition

body, the mass of anything, usually a corporeal tissue, human, animal, or plant, though it can also refer to a heavenly body; the church is said to be like a (human) body, emphasizing its essential unity with very important diversities of function within the unity.

the body, of an animal; a living body, Mt. 5:29, 30; 6:22, 23, 25; Jas. 3:3; a person, individual, 1 Cor. 6:16; a dead body; corpse, carcass, Mt. 14:12; 27:52, 58; Heb. 13:11; the human body considered as the seat and occasion of moral imperfection, as inducing to sin through its appetites and passions, Rom. 7:24; 8:13; genr. a body, a material substance, 1 Cor. 15:37, 38, 40; the substance, reality, as opposed to ἡ σκιά, Col. 2:17; in NT met., the aggregate body of believers, the body of the Church, Rom. 12:5; Col. 1:18

Greek-English Concordance for σῶμα

Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) thrown into hell.
Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut) is the eye. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) will be filled with light;
Matthew 6:23 but if your eye is evil, your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) will be filled with darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body (sōmati | σώματι | dat sg neut), what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) more than clothing?
Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) in hell.
Matthew 26:12 For by pouring this perfume on my body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut), she has prepared me for burial.
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat; this is my body.” (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut)
Matthew 27:52 the tombs were opened, and many bodies (sōmata | σώματα | nom pl neut) of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Matthew 27:58 This man approached Pilate and asked for the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
Matthew 27:59 And Joseph took the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut), wrapped it in a clean linen shroud,
Mark 5:29 Immediately the flow of blood was dried up, and she knew in her body (sōmati | σώματι | dat sg neut) that she was healed of the affliction.
Mark 14:8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) beforehand for burial.
Mark 14:22 And while they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is my body.” (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut)
Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who also himself was expecting the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) of Jesus.
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of the body (sōmatos | σώματος | gen sg neut). When your eye is sound, then your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) is full of light, but when it is diseased, then your body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) is full of darkness.
Luke 11:36 If then your whole body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) is full of light, having no part of it dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”
Luke 12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who can kill the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut), and after that have nothing more that they can do.
Luke 12:22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body (sōmati | σώματι | dat sg neut), what you will wear.
Luke 12:23 For life is more than food, and the body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) more than clothing.
Luke 17:37 Then the disciples said in response, “Where, Lord?” And he said to them, “Where the corpse (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
Luke 22:19 Then taking bread and giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut), which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
Luke 23:52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) of Jesus;
Luke 23:55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body (sōma | σῶμα | nom sg neut) was laid in it
Luke 24:3 and going inside they did not find the body (sōma | σῶμα | acc sg neut) of the Lord Jesus.

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