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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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Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 2:13 · retained source text

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised vp out of his holy habitation.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the habitation of his holines.

Zechariah 11:9
Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:9 · retained source text

Then said I, I will not feede you: that that dieth, let it die: and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off, and let the rest eate, euery one the flesh of another.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of his fellow or neighbour.

1611 marginal noteIer.15.2.

Zechariah 11:16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:16 · retained source text

For loe, I wil raise vp a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that bee cut off, neither shall seeke the yong one, nor heale that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shal eate the flesh of the fat, and teare their clawes in pieces.

1611 marginal noteOr, hidden.

1611 marginal noteOr, beare.

Zechariah 14:12
¶ And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 14:12 · retained source text

¶ And this shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite all the people, that haue fought against Ierusalem: their flesh shall consume away, while they stand vpon their feete, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

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