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).
131 distinct verses where H1320 appears in the Construct state, across 22 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 10 verses
- 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 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."
Exodus 8 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 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 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 37 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 7:21 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 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 13:11 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 13:38 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 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 17:16 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 6 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 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 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.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- 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 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.
Judges 2 verses
- 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 1 verse
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 1 verse
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
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 15 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 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 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 11 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 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 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.
Proverbs 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 4 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.
Isaiah 6 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 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 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 66:17 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.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 11:15 וּ/בְשַׂר conj + n c ms cs What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.
- Jeremiah 19:9 בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּשַׂר n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 8 verses
- Ezekiel 4:14 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
- Ezekiel 10:12 בְּשָׂרָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
- 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 23:20 בְּשַׂר בְּשָׂרָ֔/ם n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- Ezekiel 32:5 בְּשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height.
- 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 39:18 בְּשַׂ֤ר n c ms cs You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
- Ezekiel 40:43 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 3 verses
- Zechariah 11:9 בְּשַׂ֥ר n c ms cs Then I said, "I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other's flesh."
- Zechariah 11:16 וּ/בְשַׂ֤ר conj + n c ms cs For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
- Zechariah 14:12 בְּשָׂר֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1320, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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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.