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Strong's G4430 · Greek

πτῶμα

ptoma · pto'-mah

from the alternate of 4098; a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πτῶμα (G4430)

7 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.;] a fall , metaph., a misfortune , calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX). That which has fallen; of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.); 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

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