What does σάρκινος (sárkinos) mean in the Bible?
σάρκινος (sárkinos): Composed of or made from flesh material; describes the substance itself rather than fleshly desires.
Greek · G4560
σάρκινος
Fleshly
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σάρκινος G4560
Pronunciation sárkinos
What does σάρκινος (sárkinos) mean in the Bible?
σάρκινος (sárkinos): Composed of or made from flesh material; describes the substance itself rather than fleshly desires.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4560?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), of human (1), unspiritual (1), worldly (1).
Where does σάρκινος (sárkinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 7:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× Hebrews 7:16
of human 1× 2 Corinthians 3:3
unspiritual 1× Romans 7:14
worldly 1× 1 Corinthians 3:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 7:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
σαρκίναις 1x sarkinais 2 Corinthians 3:3
σαρκίνης 1x sarkinēs Hebrews 7:16
σαρκίνοις 1x sarkinois 1 Corinthians 3:1
σάρκινός 1x sarkinos Romans 7:14
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 3:3
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 3:1
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 7:16
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 7:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Composed of or made from flesh material; describes the substance itself rather than fleshly desires.
Strong's G4560
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 7:14 Source Gloss
fleshly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 3:3 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
σαρκίναις. sarkinaiv
consisting of flesh
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 7:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:16 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 3:1 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 3:3 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin
Addressed to believers who are still fleshly infants in Christ
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
σάρκινος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain