Fleshly
σαρκικόςStrong’s G4559sarkikos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sarkikos is the Greek word usually translated “fleshly”, “material things” and “from fleshly”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fleshly”, “material things” and “from fleshly”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fleshly 4
- material things 2
- from fleshly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Romans 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- 1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Greek dictionary
σαρκικός sarkikos · fleshly
σαρκικός, -ή, -όν (σάρξ) (seel. for σάρκινος, Arist., H.A., x, 2, 7) = Lat. carnalis, i.e. (a) associated with or pertaining to the flesh, fleshly, carnal: Rom.15:27, 1Co.9:11; (b) in a more ethical sense, of the nature of the flesh, under the control of its appetites, fleshly, carnal, sensual (but including more than mere sensuality; cf. Hort, 1Pe., 133): 1Co.3:3, 2Co.1:12 10:4, 1Pe.2:11.† SYN.: σάρκινος (which see), ψυχικός; cf. Tr., Syn., §§ LXXi, LXXii; Lft., Notes, 184 f.; Vau. on Rom.7:14 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fleshly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLESH'LY, adjective
- Pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.
- Carnal; worldly; lascivious.“Abstain from fleshly lusts” 1 Peter 2:11
- Animal; not vegetable.
- Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.