Strong's Greek: 4430. πτῶμα (ptóma) -- Corpse, dead body, carcass

Strong's Lexicon

ptóma: Corpse, dead body, carcass

Original Word: πτῶμα
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: ptóma
Pronunciation: PTO-mah
Phonetic Spelling: (pto'-mah)
Definition: Corpse, dead body, carcass
Meaning: a fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb πίπτω (piptō), meaning "to fall."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is פֶּגֶר (peger), meaning "corpse" or "carcass," as seen in passages like Isaiah 66:24.

Usage: The term "ptóma" refers to a fallen body, typically a corpse or dead body. It is used in the New Testament to describe physical death, often in contexts that emphasize the consequences of sin or judgment. The word conveys the idea of something that has fallen from life, highlighting the finality and seriousness of death.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, including the Greco-Roman and Jewish contexts, death was a significant event with both religious and social implications. Corpses were considered ritually unclean in Jewish law, requiring specific purification rites. The treatment of the dead and the handling of corpses were matters of great importance, reflecting beliefs about the afterlife and the sanctity of the human body.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from piptó
Definition
a fall, hence a misfortune, ruin
NASB Translation
body (3), corpse (1), dead bodies (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4430: πτῶμα

πτῶμα, πτώματος, τό (πίπτω, perfect πέπτωκα);

1. in Greek writings from Aeschylus down, a fall, downfall; metaphorically, a failure, defeat, calamity; an error lapse, sin.

2. that which is fallen; hence, with the genitive of a person or with νεκροῦ added, the (fallen) body of one dead or slain, a corpse, carcase; later also with νεκροῦ omitted (Polybius, the Sept., Philo, Joseph, Plutarch, Herodian), cf. Thomas Magister, p. 765 (edited by Ritschl, p. 290, 14); Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 375; (Winer's Grammar, 23), and so in the N. T.: Matthew 14:12 L T Tr WH; Mark 15:45 L T Tr WH; Matthew 24:28; τίνος, Mark 6:29; Revelation 11:8, 9.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dead body, carcass, corpse.

From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion) -- dead body, carcase, corpse.

see GREEK pipto

Forms and Transliterations

πτωμα πτώμα πτῶμα πτωματα πτώματα πτώματι πτώματος ptoma ptôma ptōma ptō̂ma ptomata ptōmata ptṓmata

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