Quick Definition
fleshly,carnal
Strong's Definition
pertaining to flesh, i.e. (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate
Derivation: from G4561 (σάρξ);
KJV Usage: carnal, fleshly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σαρκικός, σαρκικῇ, σαρκικον (σάρξ), fleshly, carnal (Vulg.carnalis);
1. having the nature of flesh, i. e. under the control of the animal appetites (see σάρξ, 3), Rom_7:14 Rec. (see σάρκινος, 3); governed by mere human nature (see σάρξ, 4) not by the Spirit of God, 1Co_3:1; 1Co_3:3, also 4 R G; having its seat in the animal nature or roused by the animal nature, αἱ σαρκικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe_2:11; equivalent to human: with the included idea of weakness, ὅπλα, 2Co_10:4; with the included idea of depravity, σαρκικά σοφία (i. e. πανουργία, 2Co_4:2), 2Co_1:12. ((Anthol. Pal. 1, 107; cf. ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καί σωματικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, 'Teaching etc. 1, 4 [ET]). Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § lxxi.)
2. pertaining to the flesh, i. e. to the body (see σάρξ, 2): relating to birth, lineage, etc., ἐντολή, Heb_7:16 Rec.; τά σαρκικά, things needed for the sustenance of the body, Rom_15:27; 1Co_9:11, (Aristotle, h. anim. 10, 2, p. 635a, 11; Plutarch, de placit. philos. 5, 3, 7; once in the Sept., 2Ch_32:8 Complutensian).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σαρκικός sarkikos 7x
fleshly;
pertaining to the body, corporeal, physical, Rom_15:27 ; 1Co_9:11 ;
carnal, pertaining to the flesh, 1Pe_2:11 ;
carnal, low in spiritual knowledge and frame, 1Co_3:3 (2x);
carnal, human as opposed to divine, 2Co_1:12 ; 2Co_10:4 * fleshly; worldly.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σαρκικός , -ή , -όν
( < σάρξ )
( v.l . for σάρκινος , Arist ., H.A., x, 2, 7),
= Lat. carnalis , i.e .
(a) associated with or pertaining to the flesh, fleshly, carnal: Rom_15:27 , 1Co_9:11 ;
(b) in a more ethical sense, of the nature of the flesh, under the control of its appetites, fleshly, carnal, sensual (but including more than mere sensuality; cf. Hort , 1Pe., 133): 1Co_3:3 , 2Co_1:12 ; 2Co_10:4 , 1Pe_2:11 .†
SYN.: σάρκινος G4560 ( q.v. ), ψυχικός G5591 ; cf. Tr., Syn. , §§ LXX i, LXX ii; Lft., Notes , 184 f .; Vau. on Rom_7:14 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σαρκικός [page 569]
= fleshly ( carnalis ), with the nature and characteristics of σάρξ , as distinguished from σάρκινος , fleshy ( carneus ), made or composed of σάρξ ; but in Hellenistic Greek the distinction between adjectives in ικός and ινος must not be pressed too far. See Lightfoot Notes , p. 184.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σαρκικός σαρκι^κός, ή, όν [Etym: σάρξ] "fleshly, sensual", Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σαρκικός, -ή, -όν (σάρξ)
(seel. for σάρκινος, Arist., H.A., x, 2, 7)
= Lat. carnalis, i.e.
__(a) associated with or pertaining to the flesh, fleshly, carnal: Rom.15:27, 1Co.9:11;
__(b) in a more ethical sense, of the nature of the flesh, under the control of its appetites, fleshly, carnal, sensual (but including more than mere sensuality; cf. Hort, 1Pe., 133): 1Co.3:3, 2Co.1:12 10:4, 1Pe.2:11.†
SYN.: σάρκινος (which see), ψυχικός; cf. Tr., Syn., §§ LXXi, LXXii; Lft., Notes, 184 f.; Vau. on Rom.7:14 (AS)