בָּשָׂר basar

Hebrew word for “flesh” · Strong’s H1320 · used 270 times in 241 verses

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Meaning

1) flesh; 1a) of the body;

How it is translated

Glosses given for basar in context, with how often each is used:

• flesh 185
• meat 51
• body 17
• own flesh 4
• any of meat 3
• any of the meat 2
• like the flesh 2
• like flesh 1
• some of the meat 1
• will meat 1
• any of the flesh 1
• bodies 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 13 (14), Genesis 17 (6), Leviticus 7 (6), Leviticus 15 (6), Genesis 6 (5), Genesis 9 (5), Genesis 41 (5), Leviticus 16 (5), Numbers 11 (5), Exodus 29 (4)

Forms

• בשׂר 117
• בשׂרו 39
• הבשׂר 25
• ובשׂר 12
• בשׂרי 11
• בשׂרם 7
• בשׂרך 6
• ובשׂרי 5
• מבשׂר 5
• מבשׂרם 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with basar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 62
• עוֹר or “skin” 24
• עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 19
• חַי chay “alive” 21
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 23
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 18
• רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 13
• שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 13
• רָאָה raah “to see” 23
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 14
• דָּם dam “blood” 15
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 19

Key verses

The verses using basar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 6:17 — 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…
• Numbers 16:22 — And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
• Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for…
• Psalms 119:120 — My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AIN.
• Isaiah 40:5 — And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
• Isaiah 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and…
• Jeremiah 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
• Ezekiel 11:19 — 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…
• Ezekiel 36:26 — 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…
• Ezekiel 44:7 — 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,…
• Hosea 8:13 — They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their…
• Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream…

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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.