Vocabulary Form
σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ
Definition

flesh, body

Erasmian
Modern
Root
σαρκ
Frequency
147
GK
4922
Cognates

A sarcophagus (sarkofavgoV) is a stone coffin. In Greece they were made of limestone, which was believed would consume, or "eat" (fagevw), the flesh.

Mnemonics

The great white shark tore into his flesh.

Mnemonic Singing

And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
and mortal life shall cease

Song

Biblical Concordance

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.