noun · neuter

ptōmem

Greekπτῶμα (ptōma)

Strong’sG4430

a carcass, corpse

stem ptōm-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

body3×dead bodies3×corpse1×

What it means

πτῶμα, -τος, τό

(< πίπτω), [in LXX: Jg 14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Jb 16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Is 51:19 (שֹׁד), Jth 8:19, Wi 4:18, al.;]

1. a fall, metaph., 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 c. gen., νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mt 14:12 24:28, Mk 15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mk 6:29; αὐτῶν, Re 11:8, 9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4430 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpto'-mah

a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)

Fromfrom the alternate of G4098;

King Jamesdead body, carcase, corpse.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	ptōmem2×πτῶμα	ptōmeim
of, belonging to genitive	ptōmeu	ptōmeiu
to, for dative	ptōme	ptōmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ptōmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ptōme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

7 occurrences, every one of them listed

ptōmem“corpse”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Matthew 24:28“corpse”hopou ean ateiō tem ptōmem, ekei sunagili tois aetois.Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Revelation 11:8“dead bodies”kai tem ptōmem autoiu epi tau plateiau tau politau tau megau, hotinas kalitō pneumatikōs Sodomeim kai Aiguptas, hopou kai tos kurios autoiu staurita.Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city — figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their Lord was also crucified.

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Matthew 14:12“body”kai prosercharatois tois mathētois autou airala tem ptōmem kai thaptala auton, kai ercharatois apangellala to Iēso.Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

Mark 6:29“body”kai akouaratois tois mathētois autou erchala kai airala tem ptōmem autou kai tithala autem en mnēmeie.When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Mark 15:45“body”kai gnōskaratos apo tou kenturiōnou dōreta tem ptōmem to Iōsēf.When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Revelation 11:9“dead bodies”kai blepalō ek toiu laoiu kai fulaiu kai glōssaiu kai ethneiu tem ptōmem autoiu hēmerain treis kai hēmisuem, kai teim ptōmeim autoiu ouk afiēkalō tithira eis mnēmem.For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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Revelation 11:9“dead bodies”kai blepalō ek toiu laoiu kai fulaiu kai glōssaiu kai ethneiu tem ptōmem autoiu hēmerain treis kai hēmisuem, kai teim ptōmeim autoiu ouk afiēkalō tithira eis mnēmem.For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.