Quick Definition
πτῶμα, ατος, τό n.n. a carcass, corpse
Strong's Definition
a ruin, i.e. (specially), lifeless body (corpse, carrion)
Derivation: from the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);
KJV Usage: dead body, carcase, corpse
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | πίπτω
8.7 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Body
dead body, corpse a dead body, whether of an animal or a human being In the parallel to MAT 24:28 (LUK 17:37), the term σῶμα (8.1) occurs. Since in some languages one must distinguish varying degrees of decomposition of a corpse, it may be important in certain contexts to indicate whether the body is of a person or an animal which has recently died or one which has undergone considerable decomposition.
MAT 14:12 · MAT 24:28 · MRK 6:29 · MRK 15:45 · REV 11:8 · REV 11:9 · REV 11:9
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτῶμα, -τος, τό, (πίπτω, pt. πέπτωκα); 1. in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down, a fall, downfall; metaph. a failure, defeat, calamity; an error, lapse, sin. 2. that which is fallen; hence with the gen. of a pers. or with νεκροῦ added, the (fallen) body of one dead or slain, a corpse, carcase; later also with vexpod omitted (Polyb., Sept., Philo, Joseph., Plut., Hdian.), cf. Thom. Mag. p. 765 [ed. Ritschl p. 290, 14]; Phryn. ed. Lod. p. 375; [W. 23], and so in the N. T.: Mt. xiv. 12 LT Tr WH; Mk. xv.45 LT Tr WH; Mt. xxiv. 28; τινός, Mk. vi. 29; Rev. xi. 8, 9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτῶμα ptōma 7x
a fall; a dead body, carcass, corpse, Mt. 24:28; Mk. 6:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτῶμα, -τος, τό
(< πίπτω), [in LXX: Jg 14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Jb 16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Is 51:19 (שֹׁד), Jth 8:19, Wi 4:18, al.;]
a fall, metaph., a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX).
That which has fallen; of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.);
of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually c. gen., νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mt 14:12 24:28, Mk 15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mk 6:29; αὐτῶν, Re 11:8, 9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτῶμα in the NT is confined to its late sense (cf. Rutherford VP Ρ- 472f.) of ‘‘a dead body ’’: cf. the collective sing., as in Rev 118, in Sy/ 318 (= *700)"7 (B.c, 118) ἐτρέϊψ]ατο τοὺς ὑπεναντίους kal Tov Te πτώματος ἐκράτησεν Kal πο[λ]λοὺς αὐτῶν ἀπέκτεινεν. See also Aazbe/ 326° where a man guards against ἕτερον πτῶμα being placed in his family tomb. For the meaning ‘‘ruin” of a building, cf. P Oxy I. 5212 (A.D. 325) ἐκ τοῦ συμβάντος πτώματος τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ. The word is also used of ‘‘ payments” falling due as in P Eleph 114 (B.C. 223-2) ἐΐν ols ἔτε]σιν τὰ πτώματα γέγονεν, and in P Lond 357 (B.c. 146 or 135) (=I. p- 47). See further Archiv i. p. 87. In a series of farm-accounts, P Fay 102°° (c. A.D. 105), certain boys are described as διαλέγοντες πτῶμα, which the editors think may refer to ‘‘gleaning.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτῶμα (ptōma) — corpse. 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+]