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σάρξ

sarx

sarx

Strong's 1890 spelling: sárx

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)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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)

Rendered in the KJV as

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

  • 146
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 22 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 19
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 146 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 19

  • σαρκὸς30
  • σάρκα29
  • σαρκὶ20
  • σὰρξ18
  • σαρκί,13
  • σάρκας7
  • σαρκός,5
  • σάρκα,4
  • σάρξ4
  • σάρκα·3
  • σαρκί3
  • σάρξ.2

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 21

  • flesh83
  • [the] flesh14
  • flesh,10
  • [the] flesh,6
  • of flesh5
  • flesh;4
  • flesh.3
  • the flesh3
  • [the] flesh;2
  • flesh [is]2
  • in [the] flesh2
  • in [the] flesh,2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular38
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular37
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular37
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular26
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural7
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-DSF · 38
  • N-ASF · 37
  • N-GSF · 37
  • N-NSF · 26
  • N-APF · 7
  • N-GPF · 1

All 146, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Romans carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew5 occurrences
Mark4 occurrences
Luke2 occurrences
John13 occurrences
Acts3 occurrences
Romans26 occurrences
1 Corinthians11 occurrences
2 Corinthians11 occurrences
Galatians18 occurrences
Ephesians8 occurrences
Philippians5 occurrences
Colossians9 occurrences
1 Timothy1 occurrence
Philemon1 occurrence
Hebrews6 occurrences
James1 occurrence
1 Peter7 occurrences
2 Peter2 occurrences
1 John2 occurrences
2 John1 occurrence
Jude3 occurrences
Revelation7 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).