Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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Flesh
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Revelation 19:21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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בָּשָׂר
bâsâr · baw-sawr'
256 times translated as this KJV form263 total Strong's occurrences
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Strong's KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, nakedness, self, skin.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:21Strong's last: Zechariah 14:12
Open full H1320 profile →σάρξ
sárx · sarx
147 times translated as this KJV form153 total Strong's occurrences
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 KJV usage: :--carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 16:17Strong's last: Revelation 19:21
Open full G4561 profile →שְׁאֵר
shᵉʼêr · sheh-ayr'
7 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Strong's KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Strong's first: Psalms 73:26Strong's last: Micah 3:3
Open full H7607 profile →בְּשַׁר
bᵉshar · bes-ar'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: flesh.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:11Strong's last: Daniel 7:5
Open full H1321 profile →κρέας
kréas · kreh'-as
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
(butcher's) meat
Strong's KJV usage: :--flesh.
Strong's first: Romans 14:21Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 8:13
Open full G2907 profile →אֶשְׁפָּר
ʼeshpâr · esh-pawr'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a measured portion
Strong's KJV usage: good piece (of flesh).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 16:3Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 16:3
Open full H829 profile →טִבְחָה
ṭibchâh · tib-khaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: flesh, slaughter.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:11Strong's last: 1 Samuel 25:11
Open full H2878 profile →לָחוּם
lâchûwm · law-khoom'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
properly, eaten, i.e. food; also flesh, i.e. body
Strong's KJV usage: while...is eating, flesh.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zephaniah 1:17Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:17
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13 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H1320
For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
H1320
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
H1320
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
H1320
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
H1320
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
H1320
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
H1320
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
H1320
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
H1320
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
H1320
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
H1320
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
H1320
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
H1320
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
English meaning and historical usage.
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flesh
FLESH, noun [I know not the primary sense; it may be soft.]
1. A compound substance forming a large part of an animal, consisting of the softer solids, as distinguished from the bones and the fluids. Under the general appellation of flesh we include the muscles, fat, glands etc., which invest the bones and are covered with the skin. It is sometimes restricted to the muscles.
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable.
FLESH without being qualified with acids, is too alkalescent a diet.
3. The body of beasts and fowls used as food, distinct from fish. In Lent, the Catholics abstain from flesh but eat fish.
4. The body, as distinguished from the soul.
As if this flesh which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable.
5. Animal nature; animals of all kinds.
The end of all flesh is come before me. Genesis 6:3.
6. Men in general; mankind.
My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh Genesis 6:3.
7. Human nature.
The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:13.
8. Carnality; corporeal appetites.
Fasting serves to mortify the flesh
The flesh lusteth against the spirit. Galatians 5:13.
9. A carnal state; a state of unrenewed nature.
They that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:1.
10. The corruptible body of man, or corrupt nature.
FLESH and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 15:39.
11. The present life; the state of existence in this world.
To abide in the flesh is more needful for you. Philippians 1:22.
12. Legal righteousness, and ceremonial services.
What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh hath found? Romans 4:1. Galatians 3:3.
13. Kindred; stock; family.
He is our brother, and our flesh Genesis 37:27.
14. In botany, the soft pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, etc., which is fit to be eaten.
One flesh denotes intimate relation. To be one flesh is to be closely united, as in marriage. Gen 2. Ephesians 5:29.
After the flesh according to outward appearances, John 8:15
Or according to the common powers of nature. Gal 4:
Or according to sinful lusts and inclinations. Romans 8:1.
An arm of flesh human strength or aid.
FLESH, verb transitive
1. To initiate; a sportsman's use of the word, from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take or other flesh
2. To harden; to accustom; to establish in any practice, as dogs by often feeding on any thing. Men fleshed in cruelty; women fleshed in malice.
3. To glut; to satiate.
The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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