Strong's G4561

σάρξ(sárx)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

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);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, σάρξ is translated as: carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.