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).
115 distinct verses where H1320 appears in the Absolute state, across 21 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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 22 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 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 6 verses
- 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 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.
Leviticus 15 verses
- 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 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 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 13:10 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 13:14 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 13:43 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 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."
Numbers 8 verses
- 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 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 27:16 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Deuteronomy 7 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 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 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 3 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.
1 Samuel 2 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 Kings 2 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.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Job 3 verses
Psalms 5 verses
- 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 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 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 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 11 verses
- 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 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 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 66:23 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.
- Isaiah 66:24 בָּשָֽׂר n c ms They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 7:21 בָשָֽׂר n c ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat you flesh.
- Jeremiah 12:12 בָּשָֽׂר n c ms Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 17:5 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 25:31 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:27 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
- Jeremiah 45:5 בָּשָׂר֙ n c ms Seek you great things for yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.
Ezekiel 15 verses
- Ezekiel 11:3 הַ/בָּשָֽׂר ptcl def.art + n c ms who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
- Ezekiel 11:7 הַ/בָּשָׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this [city] is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 11:11 לְ/בָשָׂ֑ר prep + n c ms This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
- Ezekiel 11:19 מִ/בְּשָׂרָ֔/ם בָּשָֽׂר prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp n c ms I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
- Ezekiel 16:26 בָשָׂ֑ר n c ms You have also committed sexual immorality with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.
- Ezekiel 20:48 בָּשָׂ֔ר n c ms All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
- Ezekiel 21:4 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
- Ezekiel 21:5 בָּשָׂ֔ר n c ms and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
- Ezekiel 24:10 הַ/בָּשָׂ֑ר ptcl def.art + n c ms Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
- Ezekiel 36:26 מִ/בְּשַׂרְ/כֶ֔ם בָּשָֽׂר prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp n c ms A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- Ezekiel 37:6 בָּשָׂ֗ר n c ms I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 37:8 וּ/בָשָׂ֣ר conj + n c ms I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
- Ezekiel 39:17 בָּשָׂ֖ר n c ms You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
- Ezekiel 44:7 בָשָׂ֔ר n c ms in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] to all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 44:9 בָּשָׂ֔ר n c ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.
Daniel 2 verses
- Daniel 1:15 בָּשָׂ֑ר n c ms At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.
- Daniel 10:3 וּ/בָשָׂ֥ר conj + n c ms I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Hosea 1 verse
Joel 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
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.
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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).
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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.
Same root — word family
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
