Bible word study

Sarx (Strong’s G4561): Meaning in the Bible

Sarx (σάρξ) is the Greek word numbered G4561 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such). In the King James Bible it is translated carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly)..

• Original wordσάρξ
• Transliterationsárx
• Pronunciationsarx
• Strong’s numberG4561
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. probably from the base of G4563;

How the King James Bible translates it

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Sarx in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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