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

flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts
the body

the body of a man
used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship

born of natural generation

the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"

without any suggestion of depravity
the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin
the physical nature of man as subject to suffering

a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast
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.

Prayer

1 Chronicles 16:11 Psalms 55:22 Psalms 141:1-2 Psalms 145:18-19 Tobit 12:15 Ecclesiasticus 38:9 Matthew 6:5-8 Mark 11:24-26 Luke 18:1-7 Romans 12:12 Philippians 4:6 Colossians 4:2 1 Thessalonians 5:17 1 Timothy 2:8 Hebrews 4:16 James 1:5-6

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

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