Word Forms
These forms come from “flesh” and change to fit the sentence.
- fleshbase form
- fleshedpast and past participle
- fleshesplural, third-person singular present
- fleshingpresent participle
flesh
WEB 281 appearances
KJV 420 appearances
Flesh means the physical body of a person or animal. In the Bible, it can also mean human beings, or our weak human nature without God.
Biblical Usage
The Bible uses flesh to talk about a person's physical body. It is also used to mean all living people. In the New Testament, flesh often shows how weak people are and how people can want to sin without God's help.
WEB Representative Scriptures
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”Matthew 26:41 (WEB)
The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.Genesis 2:21 (WEB)
All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”Luke 3:6 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
¶ If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;Leviticus 13:38 (KJV)
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.Job 19:20 (KJV)
¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.Jeremiah 7:21 (KJV)