Worship With Us Sunday School10 AM Sunday Morning11 AM Sunday Evening4 PM Thursday Night7 PM
1377 S 20th St, Louisville, KY 40210 Contact
True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
My TWBC Plan Your Visit Give
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;

Read in context →
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.

Read in context →
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

Open full H1320 profile →
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

Open full G4561 profile →
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

Open full H3894 profile →

Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

Read the word in context.

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

Clear
Romans 1:3
G4561

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

Romans 2:28
G4561

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Romans 3:20
G4561

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:1
G4561

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

Romans 6:19
G4561

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Romans 7:5
G4561

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Romans 7:18
G4561

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Romans 7:25
G4561

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8:1
G4561

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:3
G4561

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Romans 8:3
G4561

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Romans 8:3
G4561

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Romans 8:4
G4561

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:5
G4561

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5
G4561

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:8
G4561

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:9
G4561

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Romans 8:12
G4561

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Romans 8:12
G4561

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Romans 8:13
G4561

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Romans 9:3
G4561

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Romans 9:5
G4561

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:8
G4561

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Romans 11:14
G4561

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

Romans 13:14
G4561

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

Know what each layer is—and what it is not.

KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.