Strong G4430πτῶμα
corpse
- Transliteration
- ptōma
- Pronunciation
- pto'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the alternate of G4098; a ruin that is (specifically) lifeless body (corpse carrion): - dead body carcase corpse.
Detailed definition
πτῶμα -τος, τό
(πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.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: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†
(AS)
(πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.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: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4430 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- body2
- carcase1
- corpse1
First verses
- Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Mark 6:29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- Revelation 11:8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πτῶμα, ατος, τό,
(πίπτω) fall, πεσεῖν.. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 919; πίπτουσι.. πτώματ᾽ αἰσχρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1046; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 686)]; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 181b.)]
b fall in wrestling, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.274, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.391 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus))]: metaphorically, booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.8S.)]; lapse, blunder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.124.)]
2 metaphorically, misfortune, calamity, τά γ᾽ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1228.)]
3 plural, injuries due to falls, bruises, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128,3.1,5.117.)]
II fallen body, corpse, carcase, frequently with genitive, πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1196, “Ph.” 1697, cf. LXX.Judg.14.8, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.70, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1482 (_anapaest meter_))]: without a genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 662 (assuming variant, Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.14.2, “Sardis” 7 No. 165, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 33, etc.)]: collective in singular, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 700.17 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus, 2nd c.BC), NT.Rev.11.8, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.18.1.)]
II.2 of buildings, ruin, οἰκίας, κρηνῖδος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).161 A 120, 163 “Ba” 21 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. on the ruins (of the wall), [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.31.8, compare 5.4.9, 5.100.6, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 25(43).27)]; breach in a city-wall, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.8, +others)]: plural, ruins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).199 A 103 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.45, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.28.2; π. οἴκων 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 351)]; π. ἐλαιῶν fallen olive-trees or fruit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 203 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; windfall fruit, of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.109.)]
III payment which falls due, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Elephantine Papyri 11.4 (3rd c.BC, _plural_), “PLond.” 1.3.37 (2nd c.BC).)]
(πίπτω) fall, πεσεῖν.. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 919; πίπτουσι.. πτώματ᾽ αἰσχρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1046; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 686)]; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 181b.)]
b fall in wrestling, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.274, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.391 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus))]: metaphorically, booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.8S.)]; lapse, blunder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.124.)]
2 metaphorically, misfortune, calamity, τά γ᾽ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1228.)]
3 plural, injuries due to falls, bruises, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128,3.1,5.117.)]
II fallen body, corpse, carcase, frequently with genitive, πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1196, “Ph.” 1697, cf. LXX.Judg.14.8, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.70, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1482 (_anapaest meter_))]: without a genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 662 (assuming variant, Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.14.2, “Sardis” 7 No. 165, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 33, etc.)]: collective in singular, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 700.17 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus, 2nd c.BC), NT.Rev.11.8, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.18.1.)]
II.2 of buildings, ruin, οἰκίας, κρηνῖδος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).161 A 120, 163 “Ba” 21 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. on the ruins (of the wall), [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.31.8, compare 5.4.9, 5.100.6, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 25(43).27)]; breach in a city-wall, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.8, +others)]: plural, ruins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).199 A 103 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.45, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.28.2; π. οἴκων 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 351)]; π. ἐλαιῶν fallen olive-trees or fruit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 203 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; windfall fruit, of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.109.)]
III payment which falls due, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Elephantine Papyri 11.4 (3rd c.BC, _plural_), “PLond.” 1.3.37 (2nd c.BC).)]