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Flesh
Featured studies
11 results- StudyThe Prologue, the Word Made Flesh, John 1:1–18 | MannaFestEighteen verses that state the whole Gospel in advance, ending in the scandal: the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us.
- StudyThe FleshA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudySigma (Σσ / ς): the Greek letterThe letter with two shapes, and the one that spells the cross.
- Study1 Timothy 3:16: "God was manifest in the flesh" — two letters apartOlder Bibles read "God was manifest in the flesh"; newer ones read "He who was manifested." In ancient Greek capitals the difference is two small strokes, and the deity of Christ does not rest on…
- Study2 Corinthians: the Study GuidePaul's most autobiographically exposed letter: comfort carried through affliction, glory outshining Moses' veil, the grace of giving, and power made perfect in weakness.
Verses
179 results- VerseJohn 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- VerseRomans 8:8Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
- VerseJob 33:21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
- VerseMark 10:8and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- Verse2 Corinthians 10:3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
People
3 results- PersonIshmaelAbraham's son by Hagar — blessed and made a great nation, but not the covenant heir; Paul's figure of the flesh (Gal 4:21–31).
- PersonJoelProphet, son of Pethuel (Joel 1:1); his locust-plague oracle widens into the Day of the LORD and the promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh (2:28), quoted by Peter at…
- PersonJesus of NazarethThe eternal Word made flesh (John 1:14) — the Christ and Son of God whose seven signs, seven "I AM" sayings, cross, and resurrection are the subject of John's Gospel.
Words (Strong's)
21 results- WordH1321 בְּשַׁר · bᵉshar (Hebrew){flesh (from its freshness). The Hebrew word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordG4561 σάρξ · sárx (Greek)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…. The Greek word stands…
- WordH7607 שְׁאֵר · shᵉʼêr (Hebrew)flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood. The Hebrew word stands 16 times in the original text.
- WordG4560 σάρκινος · sárkinos (Greek)similar to flesh, i.e. (by analogy) soft. The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
- WordH3894 לָחוּם · lâchûwm (Hebrew)properly, eaten, i.e. food. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
Themes
4 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
Topics
2 resultsVoices
11 results- VoiceGregory PalamasGregory was born in 1296 at Constantinople, into a family close to the imperial court; his father was a senator and a tutor to the young emperor. Gregory was educated for the…
- VoiceAthanasius of AlexandriaAthanasius was born in Egypt about 296, in the last generation of Christians who grew up expecting to be arrested. He was a boy in Alexandria when the Great Persecution under…
- VoicePotamius of LisbonPotamius is the earliest bishop of Lisbon whose name is recorded. He was in office by the middle of the 350s and appears in the sources for about a decade; he died sometime…
- VoiceSeverus of AntiochSeverus was born about 465 at Sozopolis in Pisidia, in Asia Minor, into a wealthy family; his grandfather had been a bishop. He was sent to Alexandria to study grammar and…
- VoiceMalchionPaul of Samosata was bishop of Antioch and one of the most powerful men in Syria. He held civil office under Zenobia of Palmyra at the same time, went about with a bodyguard…
Apocrypha (study resources)
58 results- Study resourceBaruch 2:3That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
- Study resourceSirach 13:16All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.
- Study resourceSirach 31:1Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
- Study resourceSirach 39:19The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
- Study resourceSirach 28:5If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sins?
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H1321בְּשַׁר bᵉshar — {flesh (from its freshness)G4561σάρξ 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)H7607שְׁאֵר shᵉʼêr — flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfoodG4560σάρκινος sárkinos — similar to flesh, i.e. (by analogy) softH3894לָחוּם lâchûwm — properly, eaten, i.e. foodH1320בָּשָׂר bâsâr — flesh (from its freshness)