Forms of the word

Dictionary
σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ
Greek transliteration
sarx
Simplified transliteration
sarx

Numbers

Strong's number
4561
GK Number
4922

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
147
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3b(1)
Gloss
flesh, body
Definition

flesh, body, the soft tissue of a creature, often in contrast to bone, ligament, or sinew; by extension human, humankind, with a focus on the fallen human nature, which is frail and corrupt in contrast to immaterial (spiritual) things, thus the NIV (1984) translation sinful nature.

flesh, Lk. 24:39; Jn. 3:6; the human body, 2 Cor. 7:5; flesh, human nature, human frame, Jn. 1:13, 14; 1 Pet. 4:1; 1 Jn. 4:2; kindred, Rom. 11:14; lineage, Rom. 1:3; 9:3; flesh, humanity, human beings, Mt. 24:22; Lk. 3:6; Jn. 17:2; the circumstances of the body, material condition, 1 Cor. 5:5; 7:28; Phlm. 16; flesh, mere humanity, human fashion, 1 Cor. 1:26; 2 Cor. 1:17; flesh as the seat of passion and frailty, Rom. 8:1, 3, 5; carnality, Gal. 5:24; materiality, material circumstance, as opposed to the spiritual, Phil. 3:3, 4; Col. 2:18; a material system or mode, Gal. 3:3; Heb. 9:10

Greek-English Concordance for σάρξ

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
Matthew 19:5 And he added, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem)
Matthew 19:6 So then they are no longer two, but one flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem). Therefore what God has joined together, no one must separate.”
Matthew 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no human (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) being (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Matthew 26:41 Stay alert and pray lest you enter a time of trial. The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) is weak.”
Mark 10:8 and the two shall be one flesh.’ (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) So no longer are they two, but one flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem).
Mark 13:20 And unless the Lord had cut short the number of days, no one would survive; but on account of the elect, whom he chose, he cut short the days.
Mark 14:38 Stay alert and pray so that you will not come into temptation; the spirit is willing but the flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) is weak.”
Luke 3:6 Then will all flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) see the salvation of God!’”
Luke 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) and bones as you see that I have.”
John 1:13 who were born, not from human stock or from a physical (sarkos | σαρκός | gen sg fem) impulse or by a husband’s decision, but by God.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) and dwelt among us, and we gazed on his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:6 What is born of the flesh (sarkos | σαρκός | gen sg fem) is flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem), and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) — given on behalf of the world.”
John 6:52 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, “How can this man give us his flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) to eat?”
John 6:53 Jesus therefore said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will have no life in you.
John 6:54 The one who feeds on my flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day;
John 6:55 for my flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) is real food and my blood is real drink.
John 6:56 The one who eats my flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
John 8:15 You judge according to human (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem) standards; I judge no one.
John 17:2 since you have given him authority over all flesh (sarkos | σαρκός | gen sg fem), that he should give eternal life to those you have given to him.
Acts 2:17 ‘And it will be in the last days,’ declares God, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh (sarka | σάρκα | acc sg fem), and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:26 on account of this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover my flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) also will dwell in hope.
Acts 2:31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh (sarx | σάρξ | nom sg fem) see corruption.

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