σάρξ

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flesh

σάρξ , σαρκός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;] flesh ; __1. as in cl. generally, __(a) prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: 1Co.15:39 , 2Co.12:7 , Gal.6:13 , al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα, 1Co.5:50; σ. καὶ ὀστέα, Luk.24:39; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Rev.17:16 19:18 ; φαγεῖν, Re, ll. with (cf. κατεσθίειν, 4Ki.9:36 , al., and βιβρώσκειν, frequently in l.); metaphorically, Jas.5:3; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου, Jhn.6:52-56; __(b) Of the whole substance of the body, = σῶμα : Act.2:26 (LXX), 31, 2Co.12:7 , Gal.4:14 , Eph.5:29 ; μία σ., Mrk.10:8; εἰς σ. μίαν ( Gen.2:24 ), Mat.19:5 , Mrk.10:8 , 1Co.6:16 , Eph.5:31 ; hence, of the material as opposite to the immaterial part of man (cf. Lft., Notes , 88): opposite to πνεῦμα, 1Co.5:5 , 2Co.7:1 , Col.2:5 , 1Pe.3:18, 4:6 ; to ψύχη, Act.2:31 , Rec.; of the present life, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Rom.7:5 , Gal.2:20 , Php.1:22, 24 1Pe.4:2 ; of Christ's life on earth, αἱ ἡμέραι τ. σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, Heb.5:7; of things pertaining to the body, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Gal.6:12, 13 Php.3:3 , 4. __2. As in Heb. idiom, __(a) of a living creature : πᾶσα σ. (Heb. כָּל־בָּשָׂר; cf. Bl., §47, 9), Mat.24:22 , Mrk.13:20 , 1Pe.1:24 ; esp. of man and his mortality (Psa.55 (56):5, Sir.28:5 , al.), Jhn.1:14 ; πᾶσα σ. (see supr.), Luk.3:6 , Jhn.17:2 , Act.2:17 , ἐν σ., 1Jo.4:2 , 1Ti.3:16 ; __(b) of natural origin and relationship ( Gen.2:24 , Isa.58:7 , al.): τέκνα τῆς σ., Rom.9:8; κατὰ σάρκα, ib. 3, 5, 1Co.10:18 , Gal.4:23, 29 ; ἡ σ. μου, Rom.11:14 (cf. Jdg.9:2 , 2Ki.5:1 , al.). __3. Of the physical nature as subject to sensation and desire (Plut.), __(a) without any ethical disparagement : Rom.7:18 13:14 ; opposite to πνεῦμα, Mat.26:41 , Mrk.14:38 ; τ. θέλημα τῆς σ., Jhn.1:13; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σ., 1Jn.2:16; pl., 2Pe.2:18; παθεῖν σαρκί, 1Pe.4:1; __(b) in ethical sense, esp. in Pauline Epp., of the flesh as the seat and vehicle of sinful desires: opposite to νοῦς, Rom.7:25; to πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4-9, 12, 13 , Gal.5:16, 17 19 6:8 (cf. DB , ii, 14f.; iv, 165f.; Cremer, 844ff.). (AS)