σαρκικός
sarkikos
fleshly
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word σαρκικός (sarkikos) is a term that describes something as being related to the flesh. Its short definition is "fleshly," indicating that it pertains to the physical body or carnal nature. This word falls within the semantic domain of Body & Health, suggesting its primary focus is on the human body and its characteristics. In the Bible, σαρκικός is used seven times, which implies a range of usage that span multiple contexts. Given its definition, it is likely used to describe behaviors, desires, or actions that are driven by the flesh, as opposed to being guided by the spirit or other higher principles. The significance of this word lies in its ability to highlight the distinction between the physical and spiritual aspects of human nature, serving as a reminder that our actions and motivations can be influenced by either our fleshly or spiritual selves.
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Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Romans 15:27Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;