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σάρξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σάρξ σαρκός

Structure: σαρκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sarko/s

Sense

  1. The material which covers the bones of a creature: flesh
  2. body
  3. the edible flesh of a fruit
  4. The seat of animalistic / immoral desires and thoughts, such as lust
  5. That which is opposed to the spiritual

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ τούτοισ εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ σάρκασ, ἔσονται δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἔτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:3)
  • ἔτι τριῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἀφελεῖ Φαραὼ τὴν κεφαλήν σου ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ κρεμάσει σε ἐπὶ ξύλου, καὶ φάγεται τὰ ὄρνεα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὰσ σάρκασ σου ἀπὸ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:19)
  • καὶ φαλάκρωμα οὐ ξυρηθήσεσθε τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ νεκρῷ καὶ τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνοσ οὐ ξυρήσονται καὶ ἐπὶ τὰσ σάρκασ αὐτῶν οὐ κατατεμοῦσιν ἐντομίδασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 21:5)
  • καὶ φάγεσθε τὰσ σάρκασ τῶν υἱῶν ὑμῶν καὶ τὰσ σάρκασ τῶν θυγατέρων ὑμῶν φάγεσθε, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:29)

Synonyms

  1. body

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