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G4561

σάρξ

sarx

Feminine noun · Probably from the base of σαρόω (G4563)

Probably from the base of G4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such):—carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).

Outline

  1. flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts
  2. the body
    1. the body of a man
    2. used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship
      1. born of natural generation
    3. the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"
      1. without any suggestion of depravity
      2. the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin
      3. the physical nature of man as subject to suffering
  3. a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast
  4. the flesh, denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God

Usages (1/3)

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Breakdown

Bar-jona: Aramaic, in the Lashawan Qadash (Holy Tongue, Hebrew) it would be Ban-Jona/Jonas, i.e. Son of Jona/Jonas.

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Matthew 19:5

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Quoting Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Matthew 19:6

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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Matthew 24:22

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

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Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Mark 10:8

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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Mark 13:20

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

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Mark 14:38

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

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Luke 3:6

And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

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Luke 24:39

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

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John 1:13

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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John 6:52

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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John 6:53

Then Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

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John 6:54

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

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John 6:55

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

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John 6:56

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

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John 6:63

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

The Spirit

Isaiah 11:2 Luke 24:45 John 3:5 Romans 8:1

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John 8:15

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

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John 17:2

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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Acts 2:17

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Quoting Joel 2:28

¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

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Acts 2:26

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

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Acts 2:30

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

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Acts 2:31

He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

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Romans 1:3

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

Virgin Birth

Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:7 Matthew 1:1 Matthew 1:16 Matthew 13:54-57 Hebrews 7:1-3 Hebrews 7:14 1 John 4:2

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Romans 2:28

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Israelite Foreigners

Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:64 Deuteronomy 30:3 Ezra 9:7 Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 66:19 Jeremiah 12:9 Jeremiah 23:3 Ezekiel 20:34 Ezekiel 28:25 Ezekiel 36:19 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 44:9 Joel 3:2 Amos 9:9 Tobit 13:3 Baruch 4:36-37 Baruch 5:5 2 Esdras 5:28 Matthew 24:31 Luke 21:24 John 7:35 Acts 2:5 Acts 11:19 Acts 18:2 1 Corinthians 12:2 Ephesians 2:11-12 James 1:1 Revelation 5:9 Revelation 7:9

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Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Romans 4:1

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

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Romans 6:19

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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Romans 7:18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

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Romans 7:25

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Precepts

Psalms 32:1

The Spirit

Isaiah 11:2 Luke 24:45 John 3:5 John 6:63

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Romans 8:3

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

The Sin Within

Romans 7:14 Romans 8:20 2 Peter 2:4

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Romans 8:4

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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Romans 8:5

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

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Romans 8:6

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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Romans 8:7

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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Romans 8:8

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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Romans 8:9

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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Romans 8:12

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

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Romans 8:13

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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Romans 9:3

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

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Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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Romans 9:8

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

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these are not the children of God Ishmael and Keturah's six sons.

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Romans 11:14

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

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Romans 13:14

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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1 Corinthians 1:26

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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