Quick Definition
consisting offlesh
Strong's Definition
similar to flesh, i.e. (by analogy) soft
Derivation: from G4561 (σάρξ);
KJV Usage: fleshly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σάρκινος, σαρκίνη, σάρκινον (σάρξ) (Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, others), fleshy, Latincarneus, i. e.
1. consisting of flesh, composed of flesh (for proparoxytones ending in (ινος generally denote the material of which a thing is made, cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., p. 46f; (Donaldson, New Crat. § 258)); Vulg.carnalis: opposed to λίθινος, 2Co_3:3 (σάρκινος ἰχθύς, opposed to a fish of gold which has been dreamed of, Theocritus, id. 21, 66; the word is also found in Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch; the Sept., others).
2. pertaining to the body (as earthly and perishable material, opposed to ζωή ἀκατάλυτος): Heb_7:16 G L T Tr WH (see σαρκικός, 2).
3. it is used where σαρκικός might have been expected: viz. by G L T Tr WH in Rom_7:14 and 1Co_3:1; in these passages, unless we decide that Paul used σαρκικός and σάρκινος indiscriminately, we must suppose that σάρκινος expresses the idea of σαρκικός with an emphasis: wholly given up to the flesh, rooted in the flesh as it were. Cf. Winer's Grammar, § 16, 3 γ.; Fritzsche as above; Reiche, Critical Commentary on the N. T., i., p. 138ff; Holsten, Zum Evang. des Paulus u. Petrus, p. 397ff. (Rostock, 1887); (Trench, Synonyms, § lxxii.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σάρκινος sarkinos 4x
of flesh, fleshly, 2Co_3:3 ; Rom_7:14 ; 1Co_3:1 ; Heb_7:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σάρκινος , -η , -ον
( < σάρξ ),
[in LXX : 2Ch_32:8 , Eze_11:19 ; Eze_36:26 ( H1320 ), Ezr_4:17 , Pro_24:23 ( Pro_29:27 ) * ;]
= Lat. carneus (the termination -ινος denoting the substance or material of a thing; v. Tr., Syn. , § LXX ii; Lft., Notes , 184; and for illustrations from Papyri, v . MM, xxii), of the flesh, of flesh, fleshy ( Plat ., Arist ., Plut ., al. ): Rom_7:14 , 1Co_3:1 , 2Co_3:3 , Heb_7:16 . ( Rec. has -ικός in all these passages except 2Co_3:3 , but the evidence is decisive against it.)†
SYN.: σαρκικός G4559 , q . v .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σάρκινος [page 569]
In a series of accounts P Lond 1177 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 169) reference is made to leather ropes, σχοινίων σαρκίνων , a curious use of the word.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σάρκινος σάρκι^νος, η, ον [Etym: σάρξ] "of flesh, in the flesh", Theocr. = σαρκικός, opp. to πνευματικός, NTest. "fleshy, corpulent", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σάρκινος, -η, -ον
(σάρξ), [in LXX: 2Ch.32:8, Eze.11:19 36:26 (בָּשָׂר), Est.4:17, Pro.24:23 (Pro.29:27) * ;]
= Lat. carneus (the termination -ινος denoting the substance or material of a thing; see Tr., Syn., § LXXii; Lft., Notes, 184; and for illustrations from π., see MM, xxii), of the flesh, of flesh, fleshy (Plat., Arist., Plut., al.): Rom.7:14, 1Co.3:1, 2Co.3:3, Heb.7:16. (Rec. has -ικός in all these passages except 2Co.3:3, but the evidence is decisive against it.)†
SYN.: σαρκικός, q.v (AS)