Strong's Number G4561

Transliteration:

sarx{sarx}

Word Origin:

probably from the base of 4563

TDNT:

7:98,1000

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Usage in the KJV:

flesh 147, carnal 2, carnally minded 5427 1, fleshly 1

Total: 151

Definition:

flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts
the body
1. the body of a man
2. used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship
  1. born of natural generation
3. the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"
  1. without any suggestion of depravity
  2. the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin
  3. the physical nature of man as subject to suffering
a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast
the flesh, denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God