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Lexicon :: Strong's G4559 - sarkikos

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σαρκικός
Transliteration
sarkikos (Key)
Pronunciation
sar-kee-kos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

σαρκικός sarkikós, sar-kee-kos'; from G4561; pertaining to flesh, i.e. (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate:—carnal, fleshly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4559 in the following manner: carnal (9x), fleshly (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4559 in the following manner: carnal (9x), fleshly (2x).
  1. fleshly, carnal

    1. having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites

      1. governed by mere human nature not by the Spirit of God

      2. having its seat in the animal nature or aroused by the animal nature

      3. human: with the included idea of depravity

    2. pertaining to the flesh

      1. to the body: related to birth, linage, etc

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σαρκικός sarkikós, sar-kee-kos'; from G4561; pertaining to flesh, i.e. (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate:—carnal, fleshly.
STRONGS G4559:
σαρκικός, σαρκικῇ, σαρκικον (σάρξ), fleshly, carnal (Vulg.carnalis);
1. having the nature of flesh, i. e. under the control of the animal appetites (see σάρξ, 3), Romans 7:14 Rec. (see σάρκινος, 3); governed by mere human nature (see σάρξ, 4) not by the Spirit of God, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 3, also 4 R G; having its seat in the animal nature or roused by the animal nature, αἱ σαρκικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Peter 2:11; equivalent to human: with the included idea of weakness, ὅπλα, 2 Corinthians 10:4; with the included idea of depravity, σαρκικά σοφία (i. e. πανουργία, 2 Corinthians 4:2), 2 Corinthians 1:12. ((Anthol. Pal. 1, 107; cf. ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καί σωματικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, 'Teaching etc. 1, 4 [ET]). Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § lxxi.)
2. pertaining to the flesh, i. e. to the body (see σάρξ, 2): relating to birth, lineage, etc., ἐντολή, Hebrews 7:16 Rec.; τά σαρκικά, things needed for the sustenance of the body, Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11, (Aristotle, h. anim. 10, 2, p. 635a, 11; Plutarch, de placit. philos. 5, 3, 7; once in the Sept., 2 Chronicles 32:8 Complutensian).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Chronicles
32:8
Romans
7:14; 15:27
1 Corinthians
3:1; 3:3; 9:11
2 Corinthians
1:12; 4:2; 10:4
Hebrews
7:16
1 Peter
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4559 matches the Greek σαρκικός (sarkikos),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:14 -

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh,[fn] sold as a slave under sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:27 -

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to them in material needs.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:1 -

For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:3 -

because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife[fn] among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:4 -

For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:11 -

If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:12 -

Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:4 -

since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:16 -

who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical[fn] descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 -

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.

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