Quick Definition
flesh
Strong's Definition
flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Derivation: from H7604 (שָׁאַר);
KJV Usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
TWOT Reference: 2308a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵר (she.er) — flesh. 1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁאר
| ≈ בָּשָׂר
flesh, meat poetic term: = the soft substance in the body of humans and animals that consists of muscle tissue and fat
| ≈ בָּשָׂר · שְׁאָר | ≠ לֵבָב
body poetic term: = the physical body of humans and animals, not including the mind and the inner person
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵר n.m. flesh (perh. orig. the inner flesh, full of blood, next to the bones) flesh as food
fig. for physical power
in HP = flesh- (= blood-) relation (i.e. one near of kin)
= self
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