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flesh

Meaning of “flesh”

Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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420 occurrences369 verses50 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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John 1:13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 1:13 · retained source text

Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 1:14 · retained source text

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs (& we beheld his glory, the glory as of the onely begotten of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

1611 marginal noteMat. 1.16.

John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 3:6 · retained source text

That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit.

John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:51 · retained source text

I am the liuing bread, which came downe from heauen. If any man eate of this bread, he shall liue for euer: and the bread that I will giue, is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world.

John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:52 · retained source text

The Iewes therefore stroue amongst themselues, saying, How can this man giue vs his flesh to eate?

John 6:53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:53 · retained source text

Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Uerely, verely I say vnto you, Except yee eate the flesh of the sonne of man, and drinke his blood, yee haue no life in you.

John 6:54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:54 · retained source text

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternall life, and I will raise him vp at the last day.

John 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:55 · retained source text

For my flesh is meate indeed, and my blood is drinke indeed.

John 6:56
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:56 · retained source text

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:63 · retained source text

It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing: the wordes that I speake vnto you, they are Spirit, and they are life.

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