Strong's Greek · G4561

σάρξ

sárx

carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly)

Definition

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)

Derivation

probably from the base of G4563 (σαρόω);

Appears 147 times in Scripture

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

John 1:13

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

Luke 3:6

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

Mark 10:8

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Luke 24:39

Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

Matthew 26:41

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Matthew 24:22

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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