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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 ; this Hebrew word is also translated “dead body†in ; ; ; ; ; :9, and “corpse†in . (2) The Hebrew × ×‘×œ×”, nebheÌ„laÌ„h, is also translated “carcass†in ; , ; , but as “dead body†in (“body,†; , ; ); ; ; ; . (3) In the word מפלה, mappeÌ„laÌ„h, from × ×¤×œ, naphal, “to incline†or “fall,†is also translated “carcass.†(4) In the word “carcase†(not “carcassâ€) 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†(; ; ), and “dead bodies†(, ).