- Transliteration: Soma

- Phonetic: so'-mah

- Definition:

1. the body both of men or animals

a. a dead body or corpse

b. the living body

1. of animals

2. the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)

3. is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body

a. so in the NT of the church

4. that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself

- Origin: from G4982" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4982

- TDNT entry: 24:04,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: From G4982" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4982; the body (as a sound whole) used in a very wide application literally or figuratively: - bodily body slave.