בָּשָׂר
flesh
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 140 times (52%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 129 times (48%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 270 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 of 241 distinct verses where H1320 appears, across 27 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 31 verses
- Genesis 2:21 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 2:23 וּ/בָשָׂ֖ר מִ/בְּשָׂרִ֑/י conj + n c ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
- Genesis 2:24 לְ/בָשָׂ֥ר prep + n c ms Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Genesis 6:3 בָשָׂ֑ר n c ms Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:12 בָּשָׂ֛ר n c ms God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:13 בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 6:17 בָּשָׂ֗ר n c ms I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 6:19 בָּשָׂ֞ר n c ms Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
- Genesis 7:15 הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
- Genesis 7:16 בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
- Genesis 7:21 בָּשָׂ֣ר n c ms All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- Genesis 8:17 בָּשָׂ֗ר n c ms Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 9:4 בָּשָׂ֕ר n c ms But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.
- Genesis 9:11 בָּשָׂ֛ר n c ms I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
- Genesis 9:15 בָּשָׂ֑ר בָּשָֽׂר n c ms n c ms and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:16 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:17 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 17:11 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.
- Genesis 17:13 בִּ/בְשַׂרְ/כֶ֖ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:14 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."
- Genesis 17:23 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
- Genesis 17:24 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 17:25 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 29:14 וּ/בְשָׂרִ֖/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
- Genesis 37:27 בְשָׂרֵ֖/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.
- Genesis 40:19 בְּשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
- Genesis 41:2 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, well-favored and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.
- Genesis 41:3 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4 הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:18 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat-fleshed and well-favored. They fed in the reed-grass,
- Genesis 41:19 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms and, behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
Exodus 14 verses
- Exodus 4:7 כִּ/בְשָׂרֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
- Exodus 12:8 הַ/בָּשָׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
- Exodus 12:46 הַ/בָּשָׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.
- Exodus 16:3 הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
- Exodus 16:8 בָּשָׂ֣ר n c ms Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
- Exodus 16:12 בָשָׂ֔ר n c ms "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Exodus 21:28 בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
- Exodus 22:31 וּ/בָשָׂ֨ר conj + n c ms "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
- Exodus 28:42 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach:
- Exodus 29:14 בְּשַׂ֤ר n c ms cs But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin-offering.
- Exodus 29:31 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.
- Exodus 29:32 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 29:34 מִ/בְּשַׂ֧ר prep + n c ms cs If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
- Exodus 30:32 בְּשַׂ֤ר n c ms cs It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy. It shall be holy to you.
Leviticus 51 verses
- Leviticus 4:11 בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- Leviticus 6:10 בְּשָׂר/וֹ֒ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 6:27 בִּ/בְשָׂרָ֖/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
- Leviticus 7:15 וּ/בְשַׂ֗ר conj + n c ms cs The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- Leviticus 7:17 מִ/בְּשַׂ֣ר prep + n c ms cs but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.
- Leviticus 7:18 מִ/בְּשַׂר prep + n c ms cs If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 7:19 וְ/הַ/בָּשָׂ֞ר וְ/הַ֨/בָּשָׂ֔ר בָּשָֽׂר conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may eat it;
- Leviticus 7:20 בָּשָׂ֗ר n c ms but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 7:21 מִ/בְּשַׂר prep + n c ms cs When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
- Leviticus 8:17 בְּשָׂר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 8:31 הַ/בָּשָׂר֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
- Leviticus 8:32 בַּ/בָּשָׂ֖ר prep det + n c ms What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
- Leviticus 9:11 הַ/בָּשָׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
- Leviticus 11:8 מִ/בְּשָׂרָ/ם֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:11 מִ/בְּשָׂרָ/ם֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
- Leviticus 12:3 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
- Leviticus 13:2 בְּשָׂר/וֹ֙ בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
- Leviticus 13:3 הַ֠/בָּשָׂר בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4 בְּשָׂר֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:10 בָּשָׂ֥ר n c ms and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,
- Leviticus 13:11 בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:13 בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:14 בָּשָׂ֥ר n c ms But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:15 הַ/בָּשָׂ֥ר הַ/בָּשָׂ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:16 הַ/בָּשָׂ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:18 וּ/בָשָׂ֕ר conj + n c ms "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
- Leviticus 13:24 בָשָׂ֔ר n c ms "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
- Leviticus 13:38 בְּשָׂרָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots;
- Leviticus 13:39 בְּשָׂרָ֛/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then the priest shall examine them; and, behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:43 בָּשָֽׂר n c ms Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
- Leviticus 14:9 בְּשָׂר֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
- Leviticus 15:2 מִ/בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
- Leviticus 15:3 בְּשָׂר֞/וֹ בְּשָׂר/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
- Leviticus 15:7 בִּ/בְשַׂ֣ר prep + n c ms cs "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 15:13 בְּשָׂר֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
- Leviticus 15:16 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 15:19 בִּ/בְשָׂרָ֑/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 16:4 בְּשָׂר/וֹ֒ בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be dressed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
- Leviticus 16:24 בְּשָׂר֤/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
- Leviticus 16:26 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
- Leviticus 16:27 בְּשָׂרָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
- Leviticus 16:28 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
- Leviticus 17:11 הַ/בָּשָׂר֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
- Leviticus 17:14 בָּשָׂ֗ר בָּשָׂ֖ר בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms n c ms n c ms For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
- Leviticus 17:16 וּ/בְשָׂר֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"
- Leviticus 18:6 בְּשָׂר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 19:28 בִּ/בְשַׂרְ/כֶ֔ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 21:5 וּ/בִ֨/בְשָׂרָ֔/ם conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- Leviticus 22:6 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
- Leviticus 25:49 בְּשָׂר֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
- Leviticus 26:29 בְּשַׂ֣ר וּ/בְשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
Numbers 14 verses
- Numbers 8:7 בְּשָׂרָ֔/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
- Numbers 11:4 בָּשָֽׂר n c ms The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- Numbers 11:13 בָּשָׂ֔ר בָשָׂ֖ר n c ms n c ms Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:18 בָּשָׂר֒ בָּשָׂ֔ר בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms n c ms n c ms Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
- Numbers 11:21 בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
- Numbers 11:33 הַ/בָּשָׂ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 12:12 בְשָׂרֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
- Numbers 16:22 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
- Numbers 18:15 בָּשָׂ֞ר n c ms Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.
- Numbers 18:18 וּ/בְשָׂרָ֖/ם conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The flesh of them shall be your, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
- Numbers 19:5 בְּשָׂרָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- Numbers 19:7 בְּשָׂר/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
- Numbers 19:8 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
- Numbers 27:16 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Deuteronomy 10 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:26 בָּשָׂ֡ר n c ms For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
- Deuteronomy 12:15 בָשָׂ֗ר n c ms Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
- Deuteronomy 12:20 בָשָׂ֔ר בָּשָׂ֑ר בָּשָֽׂר n c ms n c ms n c ms When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul.
- Deuteronomy 12:23 הַ/בָּשָֽׂר ptcl def.art + n c ms Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
- Deuteronomy 12:27 הַ/בָּשָׂ֣ר וְ/הַ/בָּשָׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you shall eat the flesh.
- Deuteronomy 14:8 מִ/בְּשָׂרָ/ם֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
- Deuteronomy 16:4 הַ/בָּשָׂ֗ר ptcl def.art + n c ms There shall be no yeast seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 28:53 בְּשַׂ֤ר n c ms cs You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
- Deuteronomy 28:55 מִ/בְּשַׂ֤ר prep + n c ms cs so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
- Deuteronomy 32:42 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms I will make my arrows drunk with blood, My sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Judges 5 verses
- Judges 6:19 הַ/בָּשָׂר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
- Judges 6:20 הַ/בָּשָׂ֤ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. He did so.
- Judges 6:21 בַּ/בָּשָׂ֖ר הַ/בָּשָׂר֙ prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.
- Judges 8:7 בְּשַׂרְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
- Judges 9:2 וּ/בְשַׂרְ/כֶ֖ם conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:13 הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
- 1 Samuel 2:15 בָשָׂ֔ר בָּשָׂ֥ר n c ms n c ms Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 בְּשָׂ֣רְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 5:1 וּֽ/בְשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Samuel 19:12 וּ/בְשָׂרִ֖/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?
- 2 Samuel 19:13 וּ/בְשָׂרִ֖/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 17:6 וּ/בָשָׂר֙ וּ/בָשָׂ֖ר conj + n c ms conj + n c ms The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
- 1 Kings 19:21 הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
- 1 Kings 21:27 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
2 Kings 5 verses
- 2 Kings 4:34 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
- 2 Kings 5:10 בְּשָׂרְ/ךָ֛ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.
- 2 Kings 5:14 בְּשָׂר֗/וֹ כִּ/בְשַׂ֛ר n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Kings 6:30 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
- 2 Kings 9:36 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, This is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 18 verses
- Job 2:5 בְּשָׂר֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
- Job 4:15 בְּשָׂרִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
- Job 6:12 בְּשָׂרִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
- Job 7:5 בְּשָׂרִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
- Job 10:4 בָשָׂ֣ר n c ms Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
- Job 10:11 וּ֭/בָשָׂר conj + n c ms You have clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
- Job 12:10 בְּשַׂר n c ms cs In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
- Job 13:14 בְשָׂרִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
- Job 14:22 בְּ֭שָׂר/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But his flesh on him has pain; His soul within him mourns."
- Job 19:20 וּ֭/בִ/בְשָׂרִ/י conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 19:22 וּ֝/מִ/בְּשָׂרִ֗/י conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Why do you persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Job 19:26 וּ֝/מִ/בְּשָׂרִ֗/י conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,
- Job 21:6 בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
- Job 31:31 מִ֝/בְּשָׂר֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Job 33:21 בְּשָׂר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.
- Job 33:25 בְּשָׂר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returns to the days of his youth.
- Job 34:15 בָּשָׂ֣ר n c ms All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.
- Job 41:23 בְשָׂר֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.
Psalms 16 verses
- Psalms 16:9 בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
- Psalms 27:2 בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 38:3 בִּ֭/בְשָׂרִ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 38:7 בִּ/בְשָׂרִֽ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
- Psalms 50:13 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
- Psalms 56:4 בָשָׂ֣ר n c ms In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 63:1 בְשָׂרִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Psalms 65:2 בָּשָׂ֥ר n c ms You who hear prayer, To you all men will come.
- Psalms 78:39 בָשָׂ֣ר n c ms He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
- Psalms 79:2 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
- Psalms 84:2 וּ/בְשָׂרִ֑/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 102:5 לִ/בְשָׂרִֽ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs By reason of the voice of my groaning, My bones stick to my skin.
- Psalms 109:24 וּ֝/בְשָׂרִ֗/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
- Psalms 119:120 בְשָׂרִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
- Psalms 136:25 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Who gives food to every creature; For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 145:21 בָּ֭שָׂר n c ms My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Proverbs 4 verses
- Proverbs 4:22 בְּשָׂר֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For they are life to those who find them, And health to their whole body.
- Proverbs 5:11 בְּ֝שָׂרְ/ךָ֗ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
- Proverbs 14:30 בְ֭שָׂרִים n c mp The life of the body is a heart at peace, But envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 23:20 בָשָׂ֣ר n c ms Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 בְּשָׂרִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 4:5 בְּשָׂרֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 בְּשָׂרֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 מִ/בְּשָׂרֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh; For youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12 בָּשָֽׂר n c ms Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Isaiah 16 verses
- Isaiah 9:20 בְּשַׂר n c ms cs One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Isaiah 10:18 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.
- Isaiah 17:4 בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
- Isaiah 22:13 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
- Isaiah 31:3 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Yahweh shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
- Isaiah 40:5 בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 40:6 הַ/בָּשָׂ֣ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.
- Isaiah 44:16 בָּשָׂ֣ר n c ms He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
- Isaiah 44:19 בָשָׂ֖ר n c ms None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
- Isaiah 49:26 בְּשָׂרָ֔/ם בָּשָׂ֗ר n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp n c ms I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 58:7 וּ/מִ/בְּשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Isn't it to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
- Isaiah 65:4 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Isaiah 66:16 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.
- Isaiah 66:17 בְּשַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 66:23 בָּשָׂ֛ר n c ms It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says Yahweh.
About this entry
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בשר (bâsâr) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “flesh.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 241 verses — common. It first appears in Genesis 2:21. Sharing its root, it stands alongside בשר, בשורה and בשר. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1320 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 241
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 241 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #184
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 184 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 241 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 241 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 120 verses · 50%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 72 verses · 30%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 49 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Flesh 181×, All flesh 29×, All his flesh 3×
- American Standard Version: Flesh 159×, All flesh 28×, 's flesh 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Flesh 80×, Meat 52×, Body 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Flesh 174×, Meat 36×, Flesh of 26×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1320 across 263 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1320 across 264 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 65 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1320 across 231 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 38 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1320 across 279 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. of the body:
- a. of animals Gn 41:2–19; Ex 21:28; 22:30; Nu 12:12 (E) Nu 11:4–33 (JE) Gn 9:4 + (P 30 times) Dt 12:15 + (D 9 times) Ju 6:19–21; 1 S 2:13, 15; 1 K 17:6; 19:21; Jb 31:31; 41:15 ψ 50:13; Pr 23:20; Is 22:13; 44:16, 19; 65:4; 66:17; Je 7:21; 11:15; Ez 4:14 + 6 times Dn 10:3; Ho 8:13 Mi 3:3; Hg 2:12; Zc 11:9, 16. e.g. Genesis 41:2
- b. of men Gn 40:19 (E) 2:21; Ex 4:7 (J) Lv 12:3; 13:2 + 16 times 26:29 (P) Dt 28:53, 55; 32:42; Ju 8:7; 1 S 17:44; 2 K 4:34; 5:10, 14; 6:30; 9:36; Jb 2:5; 4:15; 6:12; 7:5; 10:11; 13:14; 19:20, 22; 21:6; 33:21, 25 ψ 27:2; 38:4, 8; 79:2; 102:6; 109:24; Pr 4:22; 5:11 Is 9:19; 17:4; 49:26; Je 19:9; La 3:4; Ez 32:5; 37:6, 8; 39:17, 18 Dn 1:15; Zc 14:12. The flesh of the body is contrasted with stone Ez 11:19; 36:26. e.g. Genesis 40:19
- 2. flesh for the body itself (especially in P): על בשׂר אדם לא ייסך upon the body of man it shall not be poured Ex 30:32 (P); מכנסי בד ילבשׁ על בשׂרו linen drawers shall he put on his body Lv 6:3; 16:4 (P); וישׂם שׂק על בשׂרו 1 K 21:27; ורחץ את בשׂרו and he shall bathe his body Lv 14:9; 15:13, 16; 16:24, 26, 28; 17:16; 22:6; Nu 19:7, 8 (P); שׂרט לנפשׁ לא תתנו בכשׂרכם ye shall not put any cutting for any one in your body Lv 19:28; cf. Lv 21:5 (P); והעבירו תער על כל בשׂרם and they shall pass a razor over all their body Nu 8:7 (P). Ec. uses בשׂר only in this sense 2:3; 4:5; 5:5; 11:10; 12:12; elsewhere this usage only in poetry; the body antith. to נפשׁ Jb 14:22; Is 10:18 ψ 63:2; לב ψ 16:9; 84:3; Pr 14:30 (only here emphatic pl. = entire body Bö§ 695, Leiblichkeit De); מִבְּשָׂרִי apart from my body, in disembodied state Jb 19:26; סמר מפחדך בשׂרי my body trembleth for fear of thee ψ 119:120. e.g. Exodus 30:32
- 3. male organ of generation (euphemism): בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם Gn 17:11, 14, 23, 24, 25 (P); בשׂר ערוה Ex 28:42 (P), but בשׂר Gn 17:14; Lv 15:2–19 (P); Ez 16:26; 23:20; 44:7, 9. e.g. Genesis 17:11
- 4. flesh for kindred, blood-relations: עצם מעצמי ובשׂר מבשׂרי bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh Gn 2:23 (J); והיו לבשׂר אחד and they shall become one flesh Gn 2:24 (J); עצמי ובשׂרי Gn 29:14 (J); Ju 9:2; 2 S 5:1 = 1 Ch 11:1; 19:13, 14; בשׂר with sf. in same sense Gn 37:27 (J); Ne 5:5; Is 58:7, for which שְׁאֵר בשׂרו near of kin, man or woman Lv 18:6; 25:49 (both H; 25:49 ‖ מִשְׁפָּחָה, cf. RSK 149). e.g. Genesis 2:23
- 5. man over against God as frail or erring Gn 6:3 (J) ψ 56:5; 78:39; eyes of flesh Jb 10:4; arm of flesh 2 Ch 32:8; Je 17:5; horses are flesh not spirit Is 31:3. e.g. Genesis 6:3
- 6. the phrase כָּל־בָּשָׂר:
- a. all living beings Gn 6:17, 19; 7:21; 9:11, 15, 16, 17 Lv 17:14(×3); Nu 18:15 (P); Jb 34:15 ψ 136:25. e.g. Genesis 6:17
- b. animals Gn 7:15, 16; 8:17 (P). e.g. Genesis 7:15
- c. mankind Gn 6:12, 13; Nu 16:22; 27:16 (P); Dt 5:23 ψ 65:3; 145:21; Is 40:5, 6; 49:26; 66:16, 23, 24; Je 12:12; 25:31; 32:27; 45:5; Ez 21:4, 9, 10; Jo 3:1; Zc 2:17; cf. כל בשׂר אישׁ Jb 12:10. e.g. Genesis 6:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. flesh (cf. Arabic بَشَرٌ skin, Syriac ܒܶܣܪܳܐ, Assyrian bišru, blood-relation, Dl Assyrian Stud. i. 143, cf. Pr 170, Sab. בשר תורם flesh of bulls)—Gn 2:21 + 126 times; cstr. בְּשַׂר Gn 17:11 + 40 times; sf. בְּשָׂרִי etc. ψ 16:9 + 96 times; pl. בְּשָׂרִים Pr 14:30;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from בשר (bâsar) (H1319) — to preach.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בָּשַׂר
- (v. בָּסַר II a. בָּסַם)to be sweet, pleasant.
- to gladden, to bring good tidings to; in gen. to announce. Ḥull. 87ᵃ מְבַשֵּׂר טובות וכ׳ I am bringing good news. Sabb. 63ᵃ, v. בְּשׂוֹרָה; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְבוּשָּׂר informed of good news, assured. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top יהא מב׳ מחיי העו"הב he shall receive a message from the life in the world to come, i.e. he may be assured of salvation; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ מכושר לחיי וכ׳ … (corr. acc.); Y. Shek. III, end, 47ᶜ יהא מב׳ שבן עו"הב הוא. Ex. R. s. 46 אתה מב׳ שמחלתי וכ׳ thou art informed that I have forgiven thee &c. Y. Ber. V, end, 9ᵈ; a. e.
- to be gladdened, to receive good tidings. Pesik. R. s. 42 נ׳ בבנים he was assured that he would have children. Gen. R. s. 47; s. 53 נתבשרה בחלב she was assured that she would nurse her child. [V. בָּסַר II.]
בְּשַׂר
- 1. to be glad;—
- *2. = Pa. Targ. Y. Gen. XXI, 7. Targ. Y. II ib. XLIX, 21 למִיבְשַׂר.
- as preced. Pi. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 21. Targ. Jer. XX, 15; a. fr. [Targ. Y. II, Deut. IV, 34, v. בַּשְׁקַר.]
- as preced. Nithpa. Targ. Ruth I, 6; a. e.
בְּשַׂר ²
- , v. בִּשְׂרָא
בָּשָׂר
- v. preced.) [ripe, warm, sweet, well-looking; v. Freitag Arab. Dict. s. v. bšr, a. cmp. לֶחֶם] body (b. h.); flesh, meat. Ḥull. VIII, 1 כל הב׳ any kind of meat. Ib. 16ᵇ בְּשַׂר תאוה meat eaten for satisfying the appetite, i.e. secular meal of meat, opp. to sacrificial meals (v. Deut. XII, 20). Ib. 17ᵃ, v. נְחִירָה; a. fr.—ב׳ ודם (abbr. ב"וד) flesh and blood, i.e. mortal man. Ber. 33ᵃ; a. v. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 12:20
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 125 distinct written forms H1320 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 65 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 228 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 241 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:21
- Exodus 4:7
- Leviticus 4:11
- Numbers 8:7
- Deuteronomy 5:26
- Judges 6:19
- 1 Samuel 2:13
- 2 Samuel 5:1
- 1 Kings 17:6
- 2 Kings 4:34
- 1 Chronicles 11:1
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
