BOCHIM (balkim), (Heb. bo-kce»t', weep ings), the name given to a place (probably near Shiloh, where the tabernacle then was) where an 'angel of the Lord' reproved the assembled Israelites for their disobedience in making leagues with the inhabitants of the land, and for their remissness in taking possession of their heritage. This caused the bitter weeping among the people for which the place took its name ( Judg. :1).
BODY (bOd'fl, the rendering of several Hebrew words and the Gr. aLlnLa,so'ntah.
It generally refers to the animal frame as dis tinguished from the man himself. It differs from sarr (adpE), which has reference rather to the material or substance of the body. It is spoken of in the Scriptures as the temporary abode of the Spirit (2 Cor. v :1; 2 Pet. i :13, Figurative. (I) Our whole man, and Christ's whole manhood, are called a body, because the body is most obvious and visible (Rom. vi :12; Heb. x :5). The last is called the body of his flesh, to represent it in its state of humility, and to distinguish it from his mystical body, the church (Col. i :22). (2) Christ's body may sometimes denote himself, as fulfilling all righteousness for us (Rom. vii :4; Heb. x :to). (3) The church is
called Christ's body: it consists of many members, or persons, united to him, and to one another by faith, love, and the ministry of the word and sacraments; and by him every true member is quickened, strengthened, and supported (Eph. Iv :16 ; Col. ii :19 ; I Cor. xii :12, 13). (4) Our In ward corruption is called a body of sin and death. It consists of numerous lusts closely connected; is of a base nature ; and disposes men to seek after, and delight in carnal things. It is altogether sin ful, the cause of sinful actions; and a chief in gredient of spiritual death (Rom. vi :6 and vii :24)• (5) The body of types is what is prefigured by them (Col. :17). (6) The apostle speaks of a natural body in opposition to a spiritual body (1 Cor. xv :44). The body which is buried is natural (,,t,uxuc6v), inasmuch as the power of the sensuous and perishable life (iPvxh) was its vital principle. The resurrection body will be spiritual (rvevuartK6p) inasmuch as the spirit will be its life principle. It will therefore be a spiritualiced body fitted to the new spiritual conditions of heaven.