σάρξ

sarx

Greek G4561 Noun, feminine 147 occurrences in 126 verses

σάρξ flesh

σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;]

flesh;

1. as in cl. generally,

(a) prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: 1Co.15:39, 2Co.12:7, Gal.6:13, al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα, 1Co.5:50; σ. καὶ ὀστέα, Luk.24:39; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Rev.17:16 19:18; φαγεῖν, Re, ll. with (cf. κατεσθίειν, 4Ki.9:36, al., and βιβρώσκειν, frequently in l.); metaphorically, Jas.5:3; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου, Jhn.6:52-56;

(b) Of the whole substance of the body, = σῶμα: Act.2:26 (LXX), 31, 2Co.12:7, Gal.4:14, Eph.5:29; μία σ., Mrk.10:8; εἰς σ. μίαν (Gen.2:24), Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, 1Co.6:16, Eph.5:31; hence, of the material as opposite to the immaterial part of man (cf. Lft., Notes, 88): opposite to πνεῦμα, 1Co.5:5, 2Co.7:1, Col.2:5, 1Pe.3:18, 4:6; to ψύχη, Act.2:31, Rec.; of the present life, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Rom.7:5, Gal.2:20, Php.1:22, 24 1Pe.4:2; of Christ's life on earth, αἱ ἡμέραι τ. σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, Heb.5:7; of things pertaining to the body, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Gal.6:12, 13 Php.3:3, 4.

2. As in Heb. idiom,

(a) of a living creature: πᾶσα σ. (Heb. כָּל־בָּשָׂר; cf. Bl., §47, 9), Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, 1Pe.1:24; esp. of man and his mortality (Psa.55 (56):5, Sir.28:5, al.), Jhn.1:14; πᾶσα σ. (see supr.), Luk.3:6, Jhn.17:2, Act.2:17, ἐν σ., 1Jo.4:2, 1Ti.3:16;

(b) of natural origin and relationship (Gen.2:24, Isa.58:7, al.): τέκνα τῆς σ., Rom.9:8; κατὰ σάρκα, ib. 3, 5, 1Co.10:18, Gal.4:23, 29; ἡ σ. μου, Rom.11:14 (cf. Jdg.9:2, 2Ki.5:1, al.).

3. Of the physical nature as subject to sensation and desire (Plut.),

(a) without any ethical disparagement: Rom.7:18 13:14; opposite to πνεῦμα, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38; τ. θέλημα τῆς σ., Jhn.1:13; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σ., 1Jn.2:16; pl., 2Pe.2:18; παθεῖν σαρκί, 1Pe.4:1;

(b) in ethical sense, esp. in Pauline Epp., of the flesh as the seat and vehicle of sinful desires: opposite to νοῦς, Rom.7:25; to πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4-9, 12, 13, Gal.5:16, 17 19 6:8 (cf. DB, ii, 14f.; iv, 165f.; Cremer, 844ff.).

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Concordance 126 verses

Matthew 16:17 σὰρξ

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Matthew 19:5 σάρκα

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
Matthew 19:6 σὰρξ

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Matthew 24:22 σάρξ

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 26:41 σὰρξ

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Mark 10:8 σάρκασάρξ

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Mark 13:20 σάρξ

If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
Mark 14:38 σὰρξ

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Luke 3:6 σὰρξ

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
Luke 24:39 σάρκα

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.”
John 1:13 σαρκὸς

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
John 1:14 σὰρξ

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:6 σαρκὸςσάρξ

Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
John 6:51 σάρξ

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
John 6:52 σάρκα

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
John 6:53 σάρκα

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
John 6:54 σάρκα

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:55 σάρξ

For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
John 6:56 σάρκα

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
John 6:63 σὰρξ

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
John 8:15 σάρκα

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
John 17:2 σαρκός

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Acts 2:17 σάρκα

‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:26 σάρξ

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
Acts 2:31 σὰρξ

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Romans 1:3 σάρκα

regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
Romans 2:28 σαρκὶ

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
Romans 3:20 σὰρξ

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Romans 4:1 σάρκα

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
Romans 6:19 σαρκὸς

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
Romans 7:5 σαρκί

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Romans 7:18 σαρκί

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Romans 7:25 σαρκὶ

Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8:3 σαρκόςσαρκὸςσαρκί

For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:4 σάρκα

so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:5 σάρκασαρκὸς

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:6 σαρκὸς

The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
Romans 8:7 σαρκὸς

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Romans 8:8 σαρκὶ

Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:9 σαρκὶ

You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Romans 8:12 σαρκὶσάρκα

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
Romans 8:13 σάρκα

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 9:3 σάρκα

For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
Romans 9:5 σάρκα

Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
Romans 9:8 σαρκὸς

So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
Romans 11:14 σάρκα

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Romans 13:14 σαρκὸς

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 1:26 σάρκα

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 1:29 σὰρξ

so that no one may boast in His presence.
1 Corinthians 5:5 σαρκός

hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.