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πτῶμα

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Gloss: corpse

Transliteration: ptōma

Strong’s: G4430

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.).†
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