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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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Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:22 · retained source text

For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

1611 marginal noteHeb. medicine.

Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 11:17 · retained source text

The mercifull man doeth good to his owne soule: but he that is cruell, troubleth his owne flesh.

Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 14:30 · retained source text

A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.

Proverbs 23:20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:20 · retained source text

Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of their flesh.

1611 marginal noteRom.13.13. eph.5.18.

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