בָּשָׂר
bâsâr · baw-sawr'
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- flesh (from its freshness)
- by extension, body, person
- also, (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּשָׂר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
270 occurrences · 270 OT · 0 NT · 127 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- flesh34 · 20%
- the flesh28 · 16%
- his flesh14 · 8%
- of all flesh11 · 6%
- of the flesh9 · 5%
- of his flesh8 · 5%
- and the flesh7 · 4%
- my flesh7 · 4%
- of flesh6 · 3%
- of their flesh5 · 3%
- and my flesh4 · 2%
- all flesh4 · 2%
- and all flesh4 · 2%
- upon his flesh4 · 2%
- and flesh4 · 2%
- and leanfleshed3 · 2%
- thy flesh3 · 2%
- in flesh3 · 2%
- and thy flesh3 · 2%
- and his flesh3 · 2%
- who shall give us flesh2 · 1%
- of kin2 · 1%
- all his flesh2 · 1%
- in the flesh2 · 1%
- of my flesh2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.