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Sometimes the word stands, by
, for “the complete man,” Matt. 5:29;
6:22; Rom. 12:1; Jas. 3:6; Rev. 18:13. Sometimes the person is identified with his or her
“body,” Acts 9:37; 13:36, and this is so even of the Lord Jesus, John 19:40 with 42. The
“body” is not the man, for he himself can exist apart from his “body,” 2 Cor. 12:2-3. The
“body” is an essential part of the man and therefore the redeemed are not perfected till the
resurrection, Heb. 11:40; no man in his final state will be without his “body,” John 5:28-
29; Rev. 20:13.
The word is also used for physical nature, as distinct from
$
, “the spiritual
nature,” e.g., 1 Cor. 5:3, and from
$
, “the soul,” e.g., 1 Thess. 5:23. “
-
, ‘body,’
and
$
, ‘spirit,’ may be separated;
$
and
$
, ‘soul,’ can only be
distinguished” (Cremer).
It is also used metaphorically, of the mystic body of Christ, with reference to the
whole church, e.g., Eph. 1:23; Col. 1:18, 22, 24; also of a local church, 1 Cor. 12:27.
2.
(
$0
, 5559) signifies “the surface of a body,” especially of the human body,
Acts 19:12, with reference to the handkerchiefs carried from Paul’s body to the sick.¶
3.
(
, 4430) denotes, lit., “a fall” (akin to
, “to fall”); hence, “that
which is fallen, a corpse,” Matt. 14:12; 24:28, “carcase”; Mark 6:29; 15:45, “corpse”;
Rev. 11:8-9, “dead bodies” (Gk., “carcase,” but plural in the 2nd part of v. 9). See
CARCASE
,
CORPSE
.¶
B. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
"
, 4954),
$
, “with,” and A, No. 1., means “united in the same
body,” Eph. 3:6, of the church.¶
2.
(
, 4984), “bodily,” is used in Luke 3:22, of the Holy Spirit in
taking a bodily shape; in 1 Tim. 4:8 of bodily exercise.¶
C. Adverb.
(
, 4985), “bodily, corporeally,” is used in Col. 2:9.¶
BOISTEROUS
Note:
The
KJV
“boisterous” in Matt. 14:30 is a rendering of the word
$
,
“strong” (see margin); it is not in the most authentic mss.
BOLD, BOLDNESS, BOLDLY
A. Verbs.
1.
(
9:!
, 2292), a later form of
(see
CHEER
,
COMFORT
), is
connected with
, “to be warm” (warmth of temperament being associated with
confidence); hence, “to be confident, bold, courageous”;
RV
, invariably, “to be of good
courage”; 2 Cor. 5:6, 8 (
KJV
, “to be confident”); 7:16 (
KJV
, “to have confidence”); 10:1-2
(
KJV
, “to be bold”); Heb. 13:6,
KJV
, “boldly”;
RV
, “with good courage” (lit., “being
courageous”). See
COURAGE
.
2.
(
9: 1
, 3955), “to speak boldly, or freely,” primarily had
reference to speech (see B, below), but acquired the meaning of “being bold, or waxing
bold,” 1 Thess. 2:2; in Acts 13:46,
RV
, “spake out boldly” (the aorist participle here