σάρξ sarx
Greek word for “flesh” · Strong’s G4561 · used 147 times in 126 verses
Meaning
σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ; flesh;
How it is translated
Glosses given for sarx in context, with how often each is used:
- flesh 142
- flesh is 2
- flesh? 1
- flesh were 1
- my flesh 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romans | 26 | 3.7 | |
| Galatians | 18 | 8.1 | |
| John | 13 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 11 | 1.6 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 11 | 2.5 | |
| Ephesians | 9 | 3.7 | |
| Colossians | 9 | 5.7 | |
| 1 Peter | 7 | 4.2 | |
| Revelation | 7 | 0.7 | |
| Hebrews | 6 | 1.2 | |
| Matthew | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Philippians | 5 | 3.1 |
Also in 10 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Romans 8 (9), John 6 (7), Colossians 2 (6), Galatians 5 (5), Galatians 4 (4), Acts 2 (3), Romans 7 (3), Romans 9 (3), Galatians 6 (3), Ephesians 2 (3)
Forms
- σάρκα 37
- σαρκὸς 30
- σαρκὶ 21
- σὰρξ 18
- σαρκί 18
- σάρξ 8
- σαρκός 7
- σάρκας 7
- σαρκῶν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sarx more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 25
- κατά kata “according to” 22
- αἷμα ahima “blood” 11
- ἐπιθυμία epithumia “desire” 8
- μέν men “on the other hand” 10
- ζάω zaō “to live” 9
- νόμος nomos “law” 9
- ζωή zōē “life” 8
- σῴζω sōzō “to save” 7
- ὡς hōs “as/when” 10
- εἰ ei “if” 10
- νῦν nun “now” 7
Key verses
The verses using sarx that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Romans 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
- Romans 8:3 — 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…
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Galatians 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son…
- Ephesians 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature…
- Philippians 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
- 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
- Hebrews 2:14 — Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that…
- Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
- 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…
- 2 Peter 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.