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

Genesis 2:21
H1320

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;

Genesis 2:23
H1320

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:23
H1320

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:24
H1320

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 6:3
H1320

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:12
H1320

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Genesis 6:13
H1320

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17
H1320

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 6:19
H1320

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Genesis 7:15
H1320

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:16
H1320

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:21
H1320

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Genesis 8:17
H1320

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Genesis 9:4
H1320

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Genesis 9:11
H1320

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:15
H1320

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:15
H1320

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:16
H1320

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:17
H1320

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 17:11
H1320

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Genesis 17:13
H1320

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 17:14
H1320

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:23
H1320

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Genesis 17:24
H1320

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Genesis 17:25
H1320

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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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