corpse

Greek Noun Neuter

πτῶμα -τος, τό (πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.8:19, Wis.4:18, al;] 1) a fall, metaphorically, 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 with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc, but also absol, as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.). (AS)

corpse

Greek Noun Neuter

πτῶμα, ατος, τό, (πίπτω) fall, πεσεῖν. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) fall in wrestling, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον [Refs 1st c.BC+]; lapse, blunder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) metaphorically, misfortune, calamity, τά γ᾽ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) plural, injuries due to falls, bruises, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II) fallen body, corpse, carcase, frequently with genitive, πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους, [LXX+5th c.BC+]: without a genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: collective in singular, [NT+2nd c.BC+] II.2) of buildings, ruin, οἰκίας, κρηνῖδος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. on the ruins (of the wall), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; breach in a city-wall, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: plural, ruins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐλαιῶν fallen olive-trees or fruit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; windfall fruit, of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III) payment which falls due, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion); dead body, carcase, corpse; from the alternate of g4098 (πίπτω)