Strong’s G4430 · Greek
πτῶμα
ptōma · pto'-mah
Origin from the alternate of πίπτω (G4098);
Meaning a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)
In the King James Version dead body, carcase, corpse.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.