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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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First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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Genesis 17:23
¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 17:23 · retained source text

¶ And Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne, and all that were borne in his house, and all that were bought with his money, euery male, among the men of Abrahams house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskinne, in the selfesame day, as God had said vnto him.

Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 17:25 · retained source text

And Ishmael his sonne was thirteene yeeres old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskinne.

Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
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1611 witness · Genesis 29:14 · retained source text

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh: and he abode with him the space of a moneth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a moneth of daies.

Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 37:27 · retained source text

Come, and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand bee vpon him: for he is our brother, and our flesh; and his brethren were content.

1611 marginal noteHebr. hearkened.

Genesis 40:19
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 40:19 · retained source text

Yet within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eate thy flesh from off thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee.

Exodus 4:7
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 4:7 · retained source text

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosome againe. And hee put his hand into his bosome againe, and plucked it out of his bosome, and behold, it was turned againe as his other flesh.

Exodus 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 12:8 · retained source text

And they shall eat the flesh in that night roste with fire, and vnleauened bread, and with bitter herbes they shall eate it.

Exodus 12:46
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
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1611 witness · Exodus 12:46 · retained source text

In one house shall it be eaten, thou shalt not carie foorth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house, neither shall ye breake a bone thereof.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 9.12.

1611 marginal noteIoh. 19.36.

Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 16:3 · retained source text

And the children of Israel saide vnto them, Would to God wee had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, and when we did eate bread to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth into this wildernesse, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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