What does πτῶμα (ptōma) mean in the Bible?
πτῶμα (ptōma) is a Greek word meaning "corpse".
Greek · G4430
πτῶμα
Corpse
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πτῶμα G4430
Pronunciation ptōma
What does πτῶμα (ptōma) mean in the Bible?
πτῶμα (ptōma) is a Greek word meaning "corpse".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4430?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include body (3), bodies (2), [them] (1), a carcass (1).
Where does πτῶμα (ptōma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It body 3× Matthew 14:12, Mark 6:29, Mark 15:45
bodies 2× Revelation 11:8, Revelation 11:9
[them] 1× Revelation 11:9
a carcass 1× Matthew 24:28
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:12 πτῶμα to body Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 24:28 πτῶμα to a carcass Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Mark 6:29 πτῶμα to body Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 15:45 πτῶμα to body Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 11:8 πτῶμα to bodies Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Revelation 11:9 πτῶμα to bodies Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 11:9 πτώματα to [them] Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:12
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Revelation 3
Source forms
πτῶμα 6x ptōma Matthew 14:12, Matthew 24:28, Mark 6:29, Mark 15:45
πτώματα 1x ptōmata Revelation 11:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Matthew 14:12, Mark 6:29, Mark 15:45, Revelation 11:9
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 24:28, Revelation 11:8
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 11:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. corpse
Strong's G4430
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
corpse
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:28 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πτῶμα, ptwma
a carcass, corpse
Read verse Mark 6:29 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πτῶμα ptwma
a carcass, corpse
Read verse Revelation 11:8 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
πτώματα ptwmata
a carcass, corpse
Read verse Revelation 11:9 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
πτώματα ptwmata
a carcass, corpse
Read verse Revelation 11:9 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
πτώματα ptwmata
a carcass, corpse
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 24:28 · Rev 11:8 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 14:12 · Mark 6:29 · Mark 15:45 · Rev 11:9 4×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 11:9 1×
Word Origins
πτῶμα 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