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

Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse; and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh (sarkōn | σαρκῶν | gen pl fem).

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