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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σάρκινοςG4560
Pronunciationsárkinos
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 human1×2 Corinthians 3:3
unspiritual1×Romans 7:14
worldly1×1 Corinthians 3:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 7:14
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Romans11 Corinthians12 Corinthians1Hebrews1
Source forms
σαρκίναις1xsarkinais2 Corinthians 3:3
σαρκίνης1xsarkinēsHebrews 7:16
σαρκίνοις1xsarkinois1 Corinthians 3:1
σάρκινός1xsarkinosRomans 7:14
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 3:3
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 3:1
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular1xHebrews 7:16
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRomans 7:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Composed of or made from flesh material; describes the substance itself rather than fleshly desires.
Strong'sG4560
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkRomans 7:14Source Gloss
fleshly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 3:3Adjective 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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRom 7:141×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 7:161×
Dative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 3:11×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 3:31×
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: