σάρξ

147 σάρξ , σαρκός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;] flesh ; as in cl. generally, prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: I Co 15:39 , II Co 12:7 , Ga 6:13 , al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα , I Co 5:50 ; σ. καὶ ὀστέα , Lk 24:39 ; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Re 17:16 19:18 ; φαγεῖν , Re, ll. c. (cf. κατεσθίειν , IV Ki 9:36 , al., and βιβρώσκειν , freq. in l.); metaph., Ja 5:3 ; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου , Jo 6:52-56 ; Of the whole substance of the body, = σῶμα : Ac 2:26 (LXX) , 31 , II Co 12:7 , Ga 4:14 , Eph 5:29 ; μία σ. , Mk 10:8 ; εἰς σ. μίαν ( Ge 2:24 ), Mt 19:5 , Mk 10:8 , I Co 6:16 , Eph 5:31 ; hence, of the material as opp. to the immaterial part of man (cf. Lft., Notes , 88): opp. to πνεῦμα , I Co 5:5 , II Co 7:1 , Col 2:5 , I Pe 3:18 , 4:6 ; to ψύχη , Ac 2:31 , Rec.; of the present life, ἐν (τῇ) σ. , Ro 7:5 , Ga 2:20 , Phl 1:22 , 24 I Pe 4:2 ; of Christ's life on earth, αἱ ἡμέραι τ. σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ , He 5:7 ; of things pertaining to the body, ἐν (τῇ) σ. , Ga 6:12 , 13 , Phl 3:3 , 4 . As in Heb. idiom, of a living creature: πᾶσα σ. (Heb. כָּל־בָּשָׂר ; cf. Bl., § 47, 9), Mt 24:22 , Mk 13:20 , I Pe 1:24 ; esp. of man and his mortality ( Ps 55 (56):5 , Si 28:5 , al.), Jo 1:14 ; πᾶσα σ. (v. supr.), Lk 3:6 , Jo 17:2 , Ac 2:17 , ἐν σ. , I Jo 4:2 , I Ti 3:16 ; of natural origin and relationship ( Ge 2:24 , Is 58:7 , al.): τέκνα τῆς σ. , Ro 9:8 ; κατὰ σάρκα , ib. 3 , 5 , I Co 10:18 , Ga 4:23 , 29 ; ἡ σ. μου , Ro 11:14 (cf. Jg 9:2 , II Ki 5:1 , al.). Of the physical nature as subject to sensation and desire (Plut.), without any ethical disparagement: Ro 7:18 13:14 ; opp. to πνεῦμα , Mt 26:41 , Mk 14:38 ; τ. θέλημα τῆς σ. , Jo 1:13 ; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σ. , I Jo 2:16 ; pl., II Pe 2:18 ; παθεῖν σαρκί , I Pe 4:1 ; in ethical sense, esp. in Pauline Epp., of the flesh as the seat and vehicle of sinful desires: opp. to νοῦς , Ro 7:25 ; to πνεῦμα , Ro 8:4-9 , 12 , 13 , Ga 5:16 , 17 , 19 6:8 (cf. DB , ii, 14f.; iv, 165f.; Cremer, 844 ff.).