UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: bodily, physical, bodily form

Semantic entry: 8.2

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Body

Definition: (derivative of σῶμα[a] ‘body,’ 8.1: σῶμα) pertaining to a physical body

Notes: It is also possible to interpret σωματικῶς in RV COL 2:9 · LV COL 2:9 · Read together COL 2:9 as meaning ‘in reality,’ that is to say, ‘not symbolically’ (see 70.7: σωματικῶς).

Sense 2: in reality, really

Semantic entry: 70.7

Semantic domains: Real, Unreal

Definition: pertaining to being real (in the sense of material) in contrast with being symbolic

Notes: For another interpretation of σωματικῶς in RV COL 2:9 · LV COL 2:9 · Read together COL 2:9, see 8.2: σωματικός / 8.2: σωματικῶς.