Strong's Lexicon
G4984 — σωματικός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4984 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σωματικός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G4983 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | somatikos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | so-mat-ee-kos' |
| Meaning: | 1. corporeal or physical |
| KJV Renderings: | bodily |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σωματικός, σωματική, σωματικον (σῶμα), from Aristotle down, "corporeal (Vulg.corporalis), bodily;
a. having a bodily form or nature": σωματικῷ εἴδει, Luk 3:22 (opposed to ἀσώματος, Philo de opif. mund. § 4).
b. pertaining to the body: ἡ γυμνασία, 1Ti 4:8 (ἕξις, Josephus, b. j. 6, 1, 6: ἐπιθυμίαι σωματικαί, 4Ma 1:32; (ἐπιθυμίαι καί ἡδοναι, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 7, 7, p. 1149b, 26; others; ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καί σωματικῶν σπιθυμιων, ’Teaching’ etc. 1, 4 [ET])).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σωματικός (bodily)
Luke 3:22
- KJV: And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven which said Thou art my beloved Son in thee I am well pleased
- GK: και καταβήναι το πνεύμα το άγιον σωματικώ είδει ωσεί περιστεράν επ΄ αυτόν και φωνήν εξ ουρανού γενέσθαι λέγουσαν συ ει ο υιός μου ο αγαπητός εν σοι ευδόκησα
1 Timothy 4:8
- KJV: For bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness is profitable unto all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come
- GK: η γαρ σωματική γυμνασία προς ολίγον εστίν ωφέλιμος η δε ευσέβεια προς πάντα ωφέλιμός εστιν επαγγελίαν έχουσα ζωής της νυν και της μελλούσης