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Strong's #4559 - σαρκικός
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- fleshly, carnal
- having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites
- governed by mere human nature not by the Spirit of God
- having its seat in the animal nature or aroused by the animal nature
- human: with the included idea of depravity
- pertaining to the flesh
- to the body: related to birth, linage, etc
- having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites
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σαρκ-ικός, ή, όν,
= sq. 1, χρώς, δέρμα, Sotad. 19; = sq. 3, 1 Corinthians 9:11, Romans 7:14 (v.l.), Cod.Just. 1.3.41.4.
σαρκικός, σαρκικῇ, σαρκικον (σάρξ), fleshly, carnal (Vulg. carnalis);
1. having the nature of flesh, i. e. under the control of the animal appetites (see σάρξ, 3), Romans 7:14 Rec. (see σάρκινος, 3); governed by mere human nature (see σάρξ, 4) not by the Spirit of God, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 3, also 4 R G; having its seat in the animal nature or roused by the animal nature, αἱ σαρκικαι ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Peter 2:11; equivalent to human: with the included idea of weakness, ὅπλα, 2 Corinthians 10:4; with the included idea of depravity, σαρκικά σοφία (i. e. πανουργία, 2 Corinthians 4:2), 2 Corinthians 1:12. ((Anthol. Pal. 1, 107; cf. ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καί σωματικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, 'Teaching etc. 1, 4 [ET]). Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § lxxi.)
2. pertaining to the flesh, i. e. to the body (see σάρξ, 2): relating to birth, lineage, etc., ἐντολή, Hebrews 7:16 Rec.; τά σαρκικά, things needed for the sustenance of the body, Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11, (Aristotle, h. anim. 10, 2, p. 635a, 11; Plutarch, de placit. philos. 5, 3, 7; once in the Sept., 2 Chronicles 32:8 Complutensian).
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* σαρκικός , -ή , -όν
(< σάρξ )
(v.l. for σάρκινος , Arist., H.A., x, 2, 7),
= Lat. carnalis, i.e.
(a) associated with or pertaining to the flesh, fleshly, carnal: Romans 15:27, 1 Corinthians 9:11;
(b) in a more ethical sense, of the nature of the flesh, under the control of its appetites, fleshly, carnal, sensual (but including more than mere sensuality; cf. Hort, 1Pe., 133): 1 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Peter 2:11.†
SYN.: σάρκινος G4560 (q.v.), ψυχικός G5591; cf. Tr., Syn., §§ LXXi, LXXii; Lft., Notes, 184 f.; Vau. on Romans 7:14.
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";of a gloomy countenance"; (Matthew 6:16, Luke 24:17 (cf. Field Notes, p. 81 f.); Genesis 40:7) : cf. P Leid Wvi. 47 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) ἐὰν δὲ σκυθρωπὸς φάνῃ, λέγε · Δὸς ἡμέραν κτλ., Menander Ἐπιτρέπ. 43 σκυθρωπὸν ὄντα με | ἰδών, ";τί σύννους,"; φησί, ";Δᾶος;"; and Lucian Hermotim. 18 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ ταῦτα μηδὲ σκυθρωπὸς ᾖ. For the verb, as in Psa. 37꞉7 [MT Psalms 38:7], cf. PSI IV. 441.30 (iii/B.C.) ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ σκυθρωπάζουσιν.
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