2001 Translation

SARKA, sarka

Sounds Like: SAR-kah

Translations: flesh, a flesh, body, a body, humanity

From the root: ΣΑΡΞ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the physical body of a living being, including humans and animals. It can also denote human nature, often with an emphasis on its weakness or mortality, or humanity in general. In some contexts, it can refer to the whole person or to earthly existence.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4561 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 1:9, 15:4

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:1, 6:3, 7:5, 7:9, 8:6

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:34

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 49:6

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 2:3, 14:10
• 4 Maccabees — 9:28
• Ecclesiastes — 2:3, 5:5
• Sirach — 17:31, 18:13
• Jeremiah — 32:31
• Matthew — 19:5
• Mark — 10:8
• John — 6:52, 6:53, 6:54, 6:56, 8:15
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:17
• Romans — 1:3, 4:1, 8:1, 8:4, 8:5, 8:12, 8:13, 9:3, 9:5, 11:14
• 1 Corinthians — 1:26, 6:16, 10:18
• 2 Corinthians — 1:17, 5:16, 10:2, 10:3, 11:18
• Galatians — 4:23, 4:29, 5:24, 6:8
• Ephesians — 5:31, 6:5, 6:12
• Colossians — 3:22
• Jude — 1:8
• Epistle of Barnabas — 5:1, 7:9, 8:6
• Shepherd of Hermas — 18:4, 18:7, 20:1, 29:9

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 1:1, 7:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 8:3, 9:3
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 8:2, 16:2, 20:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 7:1, 7:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 3:2, 6:2

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:39
• Book Three — 7:143
• Book Six — 1:55

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 66:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 10:1, 14:1, 16:2, 18:2, 19:3, 19:4, 23:1, 43:2, 43:7, 44:1, 48:3, 66:4, 69:6, 87:6, 92:3, 140:2

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 5:8, 6:6

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 8:6, 14:3, 14:4

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:10

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 2:21, 2:24, 6:17, 8:21, 9:15, 17:11, 17:14, 17:24, 17:25, 34:24
• Exodus — 30:32
• Leviticus — 4:11, 12:3
• Judith — 2:3, 14:10
• 4 Maccabees — 9:28
• Ecclesiastes — 2:3, 5:5
• Sirach — 17:31, 18:13
• Jeremiah — 17:5, 32:17, 51:35
• Lamentations — 3:4
• Ezekiel — 21:4
• Joel — 2:28
• Enoch — 1:9, 15:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 1:9
• Mandate 10 — 2:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 9:3, 10:4, 10:7, 12:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 19:5
• Mark — 10:8
• John — 6:52, 6:53, 6:54, 6:56, 8:15
• Acts — 2:17
• Romans — 1:3, 4:1, 8:4, 8:5, 8:12, 8:13, 9:3, 9:5, 11:14
• 1 Corinthians — 1:26, 6:16, 10:18
• 2 Corinthians — 1:17, 5:16, 10:2, 10:3, 11:18
• Galatians — 4:23, 4:29, 5:24, 6:8
• Ephesians — 5:29, 5:31, 6:5, 6:12
• Colossians — 3:22
• Jude — 1:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΡΞ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΑΠΡΚΑ — flesh, a flesh, body, human nature, carnal nature
• ΣΑΡΚ — flesh, a flesh, body, human nature, mankind, a human being
• ΣΑΡΚΑΝ — flesh, a flesh, body, human nature, carnal nature
• ΣΑΡΚΑΣ — flesh, meat, the flesh, the meat
• ΣΑΡΚΕΣ — flesh, body, a body, human nature, carnal nature, physical body
• ΣΑΡΚΙ — flesh, body, a body, human nature, carnal nature
• ΣΑΡΚΙΚΗ — fleshly, carnal, worldly, human
• ΣΑΡΚΙΚΟΝ — fleshly, carnal, worldly, a fleshly thing, a carnal thing, a worldly thing
• ΣΑΡΚΙΚΟΣ — fleshly, carnal, worldly, human
• ΣΑΡΚΙΝΗΣ — fleshly, carnal, made of flesh, of flesh
• ΣΑΡΚΙΝΟΣ — fleshly, carnal, made of flesh, a fleshly thing, a carnal thing
• ΣΑΡΚΟΣ — of flesh, of body, of human nature
• ΣΑΡΚΩ — of flesh, of the flesh, of the body, of the human nature, to flesh, to the flesh, to the body, to the human nature
• ΣΑΡΚΩΝ — of flesh, of the flesh, of the body, of human nature
• ΣΑΡΞ — flesh, a flesh, body, a body, human nature, a human nature, mankind, a mankind
• ΣΑΡΞʼ — flesh, body, human nature, sinful nature, a body, a human nature
• ΣΑΡΞΙ — (to) flesh, (to) body, (to) meat, (to) a flesh, (to) a body, (to) a meat
• ΣΑΡΞΙΝ — to flesh, for flesh, to body, for body, to bodies, for bodies

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