Greek · G1438, G4983 · unreviewed

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 word meaning "their own bodies".

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Meaning

their own bodies

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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 Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 12 — One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ 1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order 1 Corinthians 6 — Judge Righteously, Flee Sexual Immorality, and Glorify God in Your Body Colossians 1 — The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel of Reconciliation Colossians 2 — Fullness in Christ and Freedom from Christ-Plus Religion Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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