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Name of God’s Son

ΣΑΡΚΑΝ, σαρκαν

SARKAN, sarkan

Sounds Like: sar-KAN

Translations: flesh, a flesh, body, human nature, carnal nature

From the root: ΣΑΡΞ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to flesh, often in a literal sense as the physical body of humans or animals. It can also denote human nature, particularly its weaknesses or the carnal aspect of humanity, contrasting with the spiritual. It is used to describe the material substance of living beings.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4561 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
  • Joel — 3:1
  • Epistle of Barnabas — 7:5

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
  • ΣΑΡΚΑ — flesh, a flesh, body, a body, humanity
  • 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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