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Lexicon :: Strong's G4430 - ptōma

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πτῶμα
Transliteration
ptōma (Key)
Pronunciation
pto'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the alternate of πίπτω (G4098)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:166,846

Strong’s Definitions

πτῶμα ptōma, pto'-mah; from the alternate of G4098; a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion):—dead body, carcase, corpse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4430 in the following manner: dead body (3x), carcase (1x), corpse (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4430 in the following manner: dead body (3x), carcase (1x), corpse (1x).

  1. a fall, downfall

    1. metaph. a failure, defeat, calamity

    2. an error, lapse into sin

  2. that which has fallen

    1. the fallen body of one dead or slain, a corpse, a carcase

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτῶμα ptōma, pto'-mah; from the alternate of G4098; a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion):—dead body, carcase, corpse.
STRONGS G4430:
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
14:12; 24:28
Mark
6:29; 15:45
Revelation
11:8; 11:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4430 matches the Greek πτῶμα (ptōma),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - And after [fn]some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey were in the mouth of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:29 - And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 - to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - (LXX 109:6) He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up the number of corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against [fn] a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - Wherefore these things are against thee; who shall sympathise with thee in thy grief? downfall, and destruction, famine, and sword: who shall comfort thee?
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