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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CARCASS; CARCASE

kar'-kas: The dead body of a beast; used sometimes in a contemptuous way of the dead body of a human being. The use of the word as applied to a living body is not found in either Old Testament or New Testament.

(1) It occurs as a translation of the Hebrew pegher, in Genesis 15:11; this Hebrew word is also translated "dead body" in Numbers 14:29 1 Samuel 17:46; Isaiah 34:3; Isaiah 66:24 Ezekiel 6:5; Ezekiel 43:7:9, and "corpse" in Nahum 3:3.

(2) The Hebrew nebhelah, is also translated "carcass" in Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 11:8, 11 Jeremiah 16:18, but as "dead body" in Deuteronomy 28:26 ("body," Joshua 8:29 1 Kings 13:22, 29 2 Kings 9:37); Isaiah 5:25 Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7.

(3) In Judges 14:8 the word mappelah, from naphal, "to incline" or "fall," is also translated "carcass."

(4) In Matthew 24:28 the word "carcase" (not "carcass") is used to render the Greek ptoma, the reference probably being here to the dead body of an animal For the body of a human being the Greek is translated "corpse" (Matthew 14:12 Mark 6:29; Mark 15:45), and "dead bodies" (Revelation 11:8, 9).

W. N. Stearns

Greek

4430. ptoma -- a fall, hence a misfortune, ruin
... fall, hence a misfortune, ruin. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ptoma
Phonetic Spelling: (pto'-mah) Short Definition: a carcass, corpse Definition ...
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2966. kolon -- a limb (of the body)
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kolon Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-lon) Short Definition:
a limb, bodies Definition: a limb, member of a body; fig: a corpse, carcass. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5038. nebelah -- a carcass, corpse
... 5037, 5038. nebelah. 5039 . a carcass, corpse. Transliteration: nebelah
Phonetic Spelling: (neb-ay-law') Short Definition: body. ...
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4658. mappeleth -- carcass, ruin, an overthrow
... mappeleth. 4659 . carcass, ruin, an overthrow. Transliteration: mappeleth Phonetic
Spelling: (map-peh'-leth) Short Definition: fall. ... carcass, fall, ruin. ...
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6297. peger -- corpse, carcass
... 6296, 6297. peger. 6298 . corpse, carcass. Transliteration: peger Phonetic
Spelling: (peh'gher) Short Definition: corpses. ... carcass, corpse, dead body. ...
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5409. nethach -- a piece (of a divided carcass)
... 5408, 5409. nethach. 5410 . a piece (of a divided carcass). Transliteration:
nethach Phonetic Spelling: (nay'-thakh) Short Definition: pieces. ...
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1472. gviyah -- a body, corpse
... 1471, 1472. gviyah. 1472a . a body, corpse. Transliteration: gviyah Phonetic
Spelling: (ghev-ee-yaw') Short Definition: body. dead body, carcass, corpse ...
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Library

The Carcass and the Eagles
... AMOS THE CARCASS AND THE EAGLES. 'Woe to them that are at ease in Zion,
and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the carcass and the eagles.htm

A Bible-Riddle
... a young lion rushed out at him from behind some bushes, and Samson, being a very
strong man, broke its jaws and killed it, and left its carcass behind some ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a bible-riddle.htm

Meeting the Lions
... him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid." Some time later he was passing
that way and found that a swarm of bees had entered the dried carcass of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk six meeting the lions.htm

Jeroboam
... thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulcher of thy fathers." Verses 18-22. ... And,
behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, . . . ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 7 jeroboam.htm

Samson who did to Others as they did to Him
... When he returned after a while to marry her, he turned aside to see what was left
of the lion, and there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/samson who did to others.htm

It was Friday Night, and Diamond, Like the Rest of the Household.. ...
... Pray where would your carcass be if it weren't for him?". ... There you are with
your huge carcass crushing down your poor legs all night long. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 32 it was friday.htm

Salt Without Savour
... And, Christ says by implication here, what He says plainly more than once in other
places:"'Human society, without My influence, is a carcass that is rotting ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/salt without savour.htm

The Career of the Antichrist
... God's people are the salt of the earth, and their presence here stays the corruption
of the "carcass" (Matt.24:28 " The "Carcass" is the antithesis of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/the career of the antichrist.htm

Temptations.
... I have sent you here enclosed a drop of that honey that I have taken out of the
carcass of a lion. I have eaten thereof myself, and am much refreshed thereby. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm

Sorrowful, yet Always Rejoicing
... White ants will pick a carcass clean as soon as a lion will, and there is quite
as much wear and tear of Christian gladness arising from the small frictions of ...
/.../sorrowful yet always rejoicing.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

2. (n.) The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.

3. (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.

4. (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buildings, ships, etc.

Thesaurus

Carcass (30 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CARCASS; CARCASE. kar'-kas: The dead body of a
beast; used sometimes in a contemptuous way of the dead body of a human being. ...
/c/carcass.htm - 18k

Touches (55 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:2 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of ...
/t/touches.htm - 22k

Carcasses (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Carcass. Multi-Version Concordance Carcasses
(30 Occurrences). Hebrews 3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? ...
/c/carcasses.htm - 15k

Carcase (38 Occurrences)
... Numbers 19:16, 22; Leviticus 11:39). Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) See
Carcass. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CARCASS; CARCASE. ...
/c/carcase.htm - 21k

Toucheth (45 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Leviticus 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever
toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. ...
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Picks (7 Occurrences)
... Picks (7 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Carries (27 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV). Leviticus 11:25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. (WEB RSV). ...
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Unaware (16 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:2 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of ...
/u/unaware.htm - 11k

Ceremonially (38 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:2 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of ...
/c/ceremonially.htm - 18k

Swarming (19 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:2 Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of
an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean ...
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Bible Concordance

Carcass (30 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.
(WEB WBS NIV)

Leviticus 5:2 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:8 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:24 "'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:26 The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
(Root in KJV WBS NIV)

Leviticus 11:27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:35 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:37 If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:38 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:39 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:8 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
(KJV JPS WBS NAS NIV)

Joshua 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Judges 14:8 After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
(KJV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
(KJV JPS WBS)

1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass.
(KJV JPS WBS)

1 Kings 13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
(KJV JPS WBS)

1 Kings 13:28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.
(KJV JPS WBS)

1 Kings 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
(KJV JPS WBS)

1 Kings 13:30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
(KJV JPS WBS)

2 Kings 9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Esther 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
(WEB)

Psalms 89:10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 31:13 Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 32:5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

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