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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Flesh

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

420exact KJV occurrences 271Old Testament 149New Testament 50books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 418occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where flesh appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 2826 verses Exodus 1313 verses Leviticus 5949 verses Numbers 1714 verses Deuteronomy 1310 verses Judges 65 verses 1 Samuel 54 verses 2 Samuel 44 verses 1 Kings 43 verses 2 Kings 65 verses 1 Chronicles 22 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Nehemiah 21 verses Job 1717 verses Psalms 1818 verses Proverbs 55 verses Ecclesiastes 44 verses Isaiah 1615 verses Jeremiah 119 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 2320 verses Daniel 55 verses Hosea 11 verses Joel 11 verses Micah 32 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Haggai 11 verses Zechariah 44 verses Matthew 55 verses Mark 43 verses Luke 22 verses John 1312 verses Acts 44 verses Romans 2622 verses 1 Corinthians 129 verses 2 Corinthians 119 verses Galatians 1816 verses Ephesians 108 verses Philippians 54 verses Colossians 88 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses Philemon 11 verses Hebrews 55 verses James 11 verses 1 Peter 76 verses 2 Peter 22 verses 1 John 33 verses 2 John 11 verses Jude 33 verses Revelation 73 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1320
בָּשָׂר

bâsâr · baw-sawr'

256 times translated as this KJV form263 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

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GreekG4561
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

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HebrewH3894
לָחוּם

lâchûwm · law-khoom'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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23 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Ezekiel 4:14
H1320

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Ezekiel 11:3
H1320

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

Ezekiel 11:7
H1320

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

Ezekiel 11:11
H1320

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

Ezekiel 11:19
H1320

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 11:19
H1320

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 16:26
H1320

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

Ezekiel 20:48
H1320

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Ezekiel 21:4
H1320

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Ezekiel 21:5
H1320

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

Ezekiel 23:20
H1320

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Ezekiel 23:20
H1320

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Ezekiel 24:10
H1320

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Ezekiel 32:5
H1320

And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

Ezekiel 36:26
H1320

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26
H1320

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 37:6
H1320

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 37:8
H1320

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

Ezekiel 39:17
H1320

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Ezekiel 39:18
H1320

Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Ezekiel 40:43
H1320

And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Ezekiel 44:7
H1320

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

Ezekiel 44:9
H1320

Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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