What does "Flesh" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Flesh?

FLESH is used figuratively for everything living, Gen 6:13, Gen 6:17, Gen 6:19; sometimes mankind, Zech 6:12; sometimes the body as distinguished from the soul or spirit. Col 2:5; 1 Pet 4:6. In a theological sense, "the flesh" is the natural man. including the unrenewed will and mind, moving in the world of self and sense only. Rom 7:6; Neh 8:1, Song of Solomon 8:5, Rom 8:9; Gal 5:17, Gal 5:19; Eph 2:3. Self-imposed ordinances gratify the flesh — i.e, self — whilst seemingly mortifying it.

What is the Greek word for Flesh?

Where does Flesh appear in the Bible?

Flesh is referenced in 72 verses across 19 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Corinthians 5:5
• 1 Corinthians 6:16
• 1 Corinthians 15:39
• 1 Corinthians 15:50
• 1 John 2:16
• 1 John 4:2
• 1 Peter 1:24
• 1 Peter 4:6
• 1 Timothy 3:16
• 2 Corinthians 5:16
• 2 Corinthians 10:2
• 2 Corinthians 10:3
• 2 Corinthians 11:18
• 2 Corinthians 12:7
• 2 John 1:7
• 2 Peter 2:10
• 2 Peter 2:18
• Colossians 1:24
• Colossians 2:23
• Ephesians 2:3
• Ephesians 2:11
• Ephesians 2:15
• Ephesians 5:31
• Ephesians 6:12

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Flesh.