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Carcass; Carcase
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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 פגר , 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 נבלה , nebhēlāh , is also translated "carcass" in Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 11:8 , Leviticus 11:11; Jeremiah 16:18 , but as "dead body" in Deuteronomy 28:26 ("body," Joshua 8:29; 1 Kings 13:22 , 1 Kings 13:29; 2 Kings 9:37 ); Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7 . (3) In Judges 14:8 the word מפלה , mappēlāh , from נפל , 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 πτῶμα , ptō̇ma , 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 , Revelation 11:9 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Carcass; Carcase'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/carcass-carcase.html. 1915.
