Definition
flesh, body
Vocabulary Form
σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ
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
| 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). |