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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H1320
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
H1320
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
H1320
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
H1320
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
H1320
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
H1320
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
no direct Strong's tag
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
H1320
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
H1320
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
H1320
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
H1320
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
H1320
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
H1320
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
H1320
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
H1320
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
H1320
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
H1320
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
H1320
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
H1320
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
H1320
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
H1320
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
H1320
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
H1320
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
H1320
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
H1320
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
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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