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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 Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Then he returned later to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 -

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’

He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 -

“He breaks through me with breach after breach;

He runs at me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 -

“His vigor is famished,

And disaster is ready at his side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 -

That the shouts of joy of the wicked are short,

And the gladness of the godless momentary?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:29 -

“If I have been glad at the upheaval of the one who hated me,

Or [fn]exulted when evil found him—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 -

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,

And [fn]keep man from pride;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 -

“Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds,

The wonders of one [fn]perfect in knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 -

He will render justice among the nations,

He [fn]will fill them with corpses,

He [fn]will crush the [fn]head that is over the wide earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18 -

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;

But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 -

Therefore this iniquity will be to you

Like a breach about to fall,

A bulge in a high wall,

Whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose breaking is like the breaking of a potter’s jar,

[fn]So ruthlessly shattered

That a potsherd will not be found among its pieces

To [fn]take fire from a hearth

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 -

These two things have befallen you;

Who will console you?

The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

How shall I comfort you?

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