adjective

sarkinos

Greekσάρκινος (sarkinos)

Strong’sG4560

consisting of flesh

stem sarkin-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

flesh2×human1×physical1×

What it means

σάρκινος, -η, -ον

(< σάρξ), [in LXX: II Ch 32:8, Ez 11:19 36:26 (בָּשָׂר), Es 4:17, Pr 24:23 (29:27) *;]

= Lat. carneus (the termination -ινος denoting the substance or material of a thing; v. Tr., Syn., § lxxii; Lft., Notes, 184; and for illustrations from π., v. MM, xxii), of the flesh, of flesh, fleshy (Plat., Arist., Plut., al.): Ro 7:14, I Co 3:1, II Co 3:3, He 7:16. (Rec. has -ικός in all these passages except II Co, l.c., but the evidence is decisive against it.)†

SYN.: σαρκικός, q.v

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4560 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsar'-kee-nos

similar to flesh, i.e. (by analogy) soft

Fromfrom G4561;

King Jamesfleshly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sarkinos1×σάρκινός	sarkinas	sarkinem	sarkinois	sarkinais	sarkineim
object accusative	sarkinon	sarkinan		sarkinoin	sarkinain
direct address vocative	sarkinor	sarkinar		sarkinoir	sarkinair
of, belonging to genitive	sarkinou	sarkinau1×σαρκίνης	sarkineu	sarkinoiu	sarkinaiu	sarkineiu
to, for dative	sarkino	sarkina	sarkine	sarkinoi1×σαρκίνοις	sarkinai1×σαρκίναις	sarkinei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

sarkinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sarkin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

sarkinos“flesh”subjectnominative singular1×

Romans 7:14“flesh”Oidanē gar hoti tos nomos pneumatikos atō; mis de sarkinos amō, pipraskirētos hupo tan hamartan.We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

sarkinau“physical”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Hebrews 7:16“physical”hos ouk kata nomon entolau sarkinau ginatē alla kata dunamian zōau akatalutau,one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

sarkinoi“flesh”to, fordative plural1×

1 Corinthians 3:1“flesh”Kamis, adelfoir, ouk dunima lalara vi hōs pneumatikoi alla hōs sarkinoi, hōs nēpioi en Christo.Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly — as infants in Christ.

sarkinai“human”to, fordative plural1×

2 Corinthians 3:3“human”fanerirōtois hoti avō epistolas Christou diakoniratas hupo nu, engrafirētas ouk melane alla pneume theou zōarōtou, ouk en plaxai lithinai alla en plaxai kardiai sarkinai.It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.