What does ἑαυτοῦ · σῶμα mean in the Bible?
ἑαυτοῦ · σῶμα is a Greek phrase meaning "their own bodies".
Greek · G1438, G4983
ἑαυτῶν σώματα
Themself · body
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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself
Pronunciation heautoû
Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another
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σῶμα G4983 body
Pronunciation sōma
The physical body as the instrument through which the soul expresses itself and experiences God's presence or absence.
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What does ἑαυτῶν σώματα (heautōn sōmata) mean in the Bible?
ἑαυτοῦ · σῶμα is a Greek phrase meaning "their own bodies".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1438, G4983?
G1438, G4983 is connected to 333 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. their own bodies
Source Gloss
their own bodies
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 333 Case pattern Genitive (97) Number pattern Plural (93)
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 2:3 · Luke 11:21 · Luke 13:19 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 14:33 · Luke 15:20 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 24:27 · John 5:19 · John 7:18 · John 9:21 · John 11:51 · John 16:13 · Acts 8:34 43×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:22 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 18:31 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 26:11 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 9:8 · Mark 14:7 · Luke 2:39 · Luke 9:60 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 12:57 · Luke 16:4 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 21:30 36×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 12:25 · Luke 13:34 · 1 Cor 13:5 · 1 Thess 2:7 6×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · John 15:4 · Rom 14:14 · Eph 4:16 6×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Matt 25:3 · Matt 25:4 · Matt 25:7 · Rev 10:3 5×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Jude 1:13 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Matt 9:3 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 16:7 · Matt 16:8 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:8 · Mark 4:17 · Mark 6:36 · Mark 6:51 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 7:49 · Luke 12:1 50×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:21 · Mark 5:30 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 12:17 · Luke 12:21 · Luke 16:3 · Luke 18:4 · Luke 19:12 · John 5:26 · John 6:61 · John 11:38 · John 13:32 · John 19:17 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 12:11 32×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:21 · Acts 7:21 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:9 1×
Word Origins
ἑαυτῶν σώματα is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain