Flesh
שְׁאֵרStrong’s H7607sheer (she-er)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheer is the Hebrew word usually translated “relative of”, “meat” and “food her”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.”
Meaning
- Flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswomanflesh · flesh relation, blood relation · self
How it's translated
- a relative of 2
- meat 2
- food her 1
- relative of 1
- relative his 1
- for relative his 1
- any of relative of 1
- to relative his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 6
- Psalms 3
- Proverbs 2
- Micah 2
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 18:6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
- Leviticus 18:13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
- Leviticus 20:19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
- Leviticus 21:2But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
- Leviticus 25:49Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁאֵר sheer · flesh
1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flesh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLESH, noun
[I know not the primary sense; it may be soft.]
- A compound substance forming a large part of an animal, consisting of the softer solids, as distinguished from the bones and the fluids.
- Animal food, in distinction from vegetable.
- The body of beasts and fowls used as food, distinct from fish.
- The body, as distinguished from the soul.
All definitions and other forms of “flesh”
- Animal nature; animals of all kinds.“The end of all flesh is come before me” Genesis 6:13
- Men in general; mankind.“My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh” Genesis 6:3
- Human nature.“The word was made flesh and dwelt among us” John 1:14
- Carnality; corporeal appetites.“The flesh lusteth against the spirit” Galatians 5:17
- A carnal state; a state of unrenewed nature.“They that are in the flesh cannot please God” Romans 8:8
- The corruptible body of man, or corrupt nature.“FLESH and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” 1 Corinthians 15:50
- The present life; the state of existence in this world.“To abide in the flesh is more needful for you” Philippians 1:24
- Legal righteousness, and ceremonial services.“What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh hath found?” Romans 4:1
- Kindred; stock; family.“He is our brother, and our flesh” Genesis 37:27
- In botany, the soft pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, etc., which is fit to be eaten.
FLESH, verb transitive
- To initiate; a sportsman's use of the word, from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take or other flesh
- To harden; to accustom; to establish in any practice, as dogs by often feeding on any thing.
- To glut; to satiate.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.