ΣΑΡΚΟΣ, σαρκος
SARKOS, sarkos
Sounds Like: sar-KOS
Translations: of flesh, of body, of human nature
From the root: ΣΑΡΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to flesh, the physical body, or human nature in general. It is often used in a theological sense to denote the sinful or unredeemed aspect of humanity, in contrast to the spirit. It can also simply refer to the physical substance of living beings.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4561 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:92
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 16:22, 18:15
- 4 Maccabees — 7:18
- Ecclesiastes — 11:10, 12:12
- Job — 16:18
- Sirach — 1:10, 14:18, 17:4, 19:12, 23:17, 39:19, 40:8, 45:1, 45:4, 46:19
- Jeremiah — 39:27
- John — 1:13, 3:6, 17:2
- Romans — 6:19, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 9:8, 13:14
- 1 Corinthians — 5:5
- 2 Corinthians — 7:1
- Galatians — 4:13, 5:16, 5:17, 5:19
- Ephesians — 2:3, 5:30
- Colossians — 1:22, 2:11, 2:13, 2:18
- Hebrews — 2:14, 5:7, 9:10, 9:13, 10:20, 12:9
- 1 Peter — 3:21
- 2 Peter — 2:10, 2:18
- 1 John — 2:16
- Jude — 1:7, 1:23
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:12, 9:4, 10:9
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 2:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 7:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 5:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 1:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 4:4
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:2
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 5:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 2:23, 6:19, 7:15, 7:16, 9:17, 17:13, 29:14
- Exodus — 4:7
- Leviticus — 13:10, 13:38, 13:39, 13:43, 17:11, 17:14, 18:6
- Numbers — 16:22, 18:15, 27:16
- 2 Kings — 6:30
- 4 Maccabees — 7:18
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:7
- Ecclesiastes — 11:10, 12:12
- Job — 16:19
- Sirach — 1:10, 14:18, 17:4, 19:12, 23:16, 39:19, 40:8, 44:23, 45:4, 46:19
- Jeremiah — 39:27
- Ezekiel — 11:19, 36:26
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:11, 14:5
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:11, 14:5
- Enoch — 15:4, 15:8, 16:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 6:6
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 1:13, 3:6, 17:2
- Romans — 6:19, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 9:8, 13:14
- 1 Corinthians — 5:5
- 2 Corinthians — 7:1
- Galatians — 4:13, 5:16, 5:17, 5:19, 6:8
- Ephesians — 2:3
- Colossians — 1:22, 2:11, 2:13, 2:18, 2:23
- Hebrews — 2:14, 5:7, 9:10, 9:13, 10:20, 12:9
- 1 Peter — 3:21
- 2 Peter — 2:10, 2:18
- 1 John — 2:16
- Jude — 1:7, 1:23
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
- 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
- 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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