Lexicon :: Strong's H1320 - bāśār

בָּשָׂר

Transliteration

bāśār

Pronunciation

baw-sawr'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From בָּשַׂר (H1319)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 291a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

בָּשָׂר bâsâr, baw-sawr'; from H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man:—body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, nakedness, self, skin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 269x

The KJV translates Strong's H1320 in the following manner: flesh (256x), body (2x), fatfleshed (with H1277) (2x), leanfleshed (with H1851) (2x), kin (2x), leanfleshed (with H7534) (1x), mankind (with H376) (1x), myself (1x), nakedness (1x), skin (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 269x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

flesh
1. of the body
  1. of humans
  2. of animals
2. the body itself
3. male organ of generation (euphemism)
4. kindred, blood-relations
5. flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
6. all living things
7. animals
8. mankind

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1320: Abbreviations

בָּשָׂר ₂₆₆ noun masculine flesh (compare Arabic بَشَرً skin, Syriac axrseb, Assyrian bišru, blood-relation, Dl^{Assyrian Stud. i. 143, compare Pr. 170}, Sabean בשר תורם flesh of bulls) — Genesis 2:21 + 126 times; construct בְּשַׂר Genesis 17:11 + 40 times; suffix בּשָׂרִי etc. Psalm 16:9 + 96 times; plural בְּשָׂרִים Proverbs 14:30; —

1. of the body:

a. of animals Genesis 41:2-19 Exodus 21:28; Exodus 22:30; Numbers 12:12 (E) Numbers 11:4-33 (JE) Genesis 9:4 + (P + 30 times) Deuteronomy 12:15 + (D + 9 times) Judges 6:19-21 1 Samuel 2:13, 15; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 19:21; Job 31:31; Job 41:15; Psalm 50:13; Proverbs 23:20; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 44:16, 19; Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17; Jeremiah 7:21; Jeremiah 11:15; Ezekiel 4:14 + 6 times Daniel 10:3; Hosea 8:13; Micah 3:3; Haggai 2:12; Zechariah 11:9, 16.

b. of men Genesis 40:19 (E) Genesis 2:21; Exodus 4:7 (J) Leviticus 12:3; Leviticus 13:2 + 16 times Leviticus 26:29 (P) Deuteronomy 28:53, 55; Deuteronomy 32:42; Judges 8:7; 1 Samuel 17:44; 1 Kings 4:34; 1 Kings 5:10; 1 Kings 5:14; 1 Kings 6:30; 1 Kings 9:36; Job 2:5; Job 4:15; Job 6:12; Job 7:5; Job 10:11; Job 13:14; Job 19:20, 22; Job 21:6; Job 33:21, 25; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 38:4; Psalm 38:8; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 102:6; Psalm 109:24; Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 5:11; Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 17:4; Isaiah 49:26; Jeremiah 19:9; Lamentations 3:4; Ezekiel 32:5; Ezekiel 37:6, 8; Ezekiel 39:17, 18; Daniel 1:15; Zechariah 14:12. The flesh of the body is contrasted with stone Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26.

2. flesh for the body itself (especially in P): על בשׂר אדם לא ייסך upon the body of man it shall not be poured Exodus 30:32 (P); מכנסי בד ילבשׁ על בשׂרו linen drawers shall he put on his body Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 16:4 (P); וישׂם שׂק על בשׂרו 1 Kings 21:27; ורחץ את בשׂרו and he shall bath his body Leviticus 14:9; Leviticus 15:13, 16; Leviticus 16:24, 26, 28; Leviticus 17:16; Leviticus 22:6; Numbers 19:7, 8 (P); שׂרט לנפשׁ לא תתנו בכשׂרכם ye shall not put any cutting for any one in your body Leviticus 19:28 compare Leviticus 21:5 (P); והעבירו תער על כל בשׂרם and they shall pass a razor over all their body Numbers 8:7 (P). Ecclesiastes uses בשׂר only in this sense Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 4:5; Ecclesiastes 5:5; Ecclesiastes 11:10; Ecclesiastes 12:12; elsewhere this usage only in poetry; the body antithetical to נפשׁ Job 14:22; Isaiah 10:18; Psalm 63:2; לב Psalm 16:9; Psalm 84:3; Proverbs 14:30 (only here emphatic plural = entire body Bö^{§ 695}, Leiblichkeit De); מִבְּשָׂרִי apart from my body, in disembodied state Job 19:26; סמר מפחדך בשׂרי my body trembleth for fear of thee Psalm 119:120.

3. make organ of generation (euphemism): בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם Genesis 17:11, 14, 23, 24, 25 (P); בשׂר ערוה Exodus 28:42 (P), but בשׂר Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 15:2-19 (P) Ezekiel 16:26; Ezekiel 23:20; Ezekiel 44:7, 9.

4. flesh for kindred, blood-relations: עצם מעצמי ובשׂר מבשׂרי bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh Genesis 2:23 (J); והיו לבשׂר אחד and they shall become one flesh Genesis 2:24 (J); עצמי ובשׂרי Genesis 29:14 (J) Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 19:14; 1 Chronicles 11:1; בשׂר with suffix in same sense Genesis 37:27 (J) Nehemiah 5:5; Isaiah 58:7, for which שְׁאֵר בשׂרו near of kin, man or woman Leviticus 18:6; Leviticus 25:49 (both H; Leviticus 25:49 || מִשְׁפָּחָה, compare RS_k¹⁴⁹).

5. man over against God as frail or erring Genesis 6:3 (J) Psalm 56:5; Psalm 78:39; eyes of flesh Job 10:4; arm of flesh 2 Chronicles 32:8; Jeremiah 17:5; horses are flesh not spirit Isaiah 31:3

6. the phrase ׃כָּל־בָּשָׂר

a. all living beings Genesis 6:17, 19; Genesis 7:21; Genesis 9:11, 15, 16, 17; Leviticus 17:14; Numbers 18:15 (P) Job 34:15; Psalm 136:25.

b. animals Genesis 7:15, 16; Genesis 8:17 (P).

c. mankind Genesis 6:12, 18; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16 (P) Deuteronomy 5:28; Psalm 65:3; Psalm 145:21; Isaiah 40:5, 6; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 66:16, 23, 24; Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 25:31; Jeremiah 32:27; Jeremiah 45:5; Ezekiel 21:4; Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 21:10; Joel 3:1; Zechariah 2:17; compare כל בשׂר אישׁ Job 12:10.

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