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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 εἶπεν Ἀδάμ. τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆσ σαρκόσ μου. αὕτη κληθήσεται γυνή, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐλήφθη αὕτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:23)
  • καὶ εἶδε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἦν κατεφθαρμένη, ὅτι κατέφθειρε πᾶσα σὰρξ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:12)
  • καὶ ἀπέθανε πᾶσα σὰρξ κινουμένη ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ θηρίων καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσ ἄνθρωποσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:21)
  • καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία, ὅσα ἐστὶ μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ πᾶσα σὰρξ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν ἕωσ κτηνῶν, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐξάγαγε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ. καὶ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:17)
  • καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἔτι ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατοσ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι ἔσται κατακλυσμὸσ ὕδατοσ τοῦ καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:11)

Synonyms

  1. body

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