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H1320

H1320 — בָּשָׂר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbasarnoun mascOccurrences: 270TWOT: 291a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1320
Word:בָּשָׂר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1319
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:270
Transliteration:basar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-sawr'
Meaning:1. flesh (from its freshness) 2. by extension, body, person 3. (by euphemism) the external genitles of a man
KJV Renderings:body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.

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BDB1368

בָּשָׂר266 noun masculine flesh (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 736] skin, Syriac [untranscribed source text 737], Assyrian bišru , blood-relation, DlAssyrian Stud. i. 143, compare Pr. 170, Sabean בשר תורם flesh of bulls) — Gen 2:21 + 126 t.; construct בְּשַׂר Gen 17:11 + 40 t.; suffix בּשָׂרִי etc. Ps 16:9 + 96 t.; plural בְּשָׂרִים Prov 14:30 —

1. of the body:
a. of animals Gen 41:2-19; Exod 21:28; Exod 22:30; Num 12:12 ( E ) Num 11:4-33 ( J E ) Gen 9:4 + ( P 30 t.) Deut 12:15 + ( D 9 t.) Judg 6:19-21; 1Sam 2:13; 1Sam 2:15; 1Kgs 17:6; 1Kgs 19:21; Job 31:31; Job 41:15; Ps 50:13; Prov 23:20; Isa 22:13; Isa 44:16; Isa 44:19; Isa 65:4; Isa 66:17; Jer 7:21; Jer 11:15; Ezek 4:14 + 6 t. Dan 10:3; Hos 8:13; Mic 3:3; Hag 2:12; Zech 11:9; Zech 11:16 .
b. of men Gen 40:19 ( E ) Gen 2:21 ; Exod 4:7 ( J ) Lev 12:3 ; Lev 13:2 + 16 t. Lev 26:29 ( P ) Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 32:42; Judg 8:7; 1Sam 17:44; 1Kgs 4:34; 1Kgs 5:10; 1Kgs 5:14; 1Kgs 6:30; 1Kgs 9:36; Job 2:5; Job 4:15; Job 6:12; Job 7:5; Job 10:11; Job 13:14; Job 19:20; Job 19:22; Job 21:6; Job 33:21; Job 33:25; Ps 27:2; Ps 38:4; Ps 38:8; Ps 79:2; Ps 102:6; Ps 109:24 ; Prov 4:22 ; Prov 5:11 ; Isa 9:19 ; Isa 17:4 ; Isa 49:26; Isa 37:6; Isa 37:8; Isa 39:17; Isa 39:18; . The flesh of the body is contrasted with stone Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26.
2. flesh for the body itself (especially in P ): על בשׂר אדם לא ייסך upon the body of man it shall not be poured Exod 30:32 ( P ); מכנסי בד ילבשׁ על בשׂרו linen drawers shall he put on his body Lev 6:3; Lev 16:4 ( P ); וישׂם שׂק על בשׂרו 1Kgs 2:27; ורחץ את בשׂרו and he shall bath his body Lev 14:9; Lev 15:13 ; Lev 15:16 ; Lev 16:24 ; Lev 16:26 ; Lev 16:28 ; Lev 17:16 ; Lev 22:6; Num 19:7; Num 19:8 ( P ); שׂרט לנפשׁ לא תתנו בכשׂרכם ye shall not put any cutting for any one in your body Lev 19:28 compare Lev 21:5 ( P ); והעבירו תער על כל בשׂרם and they shall pass a razor over all their body Num 8:7 ( P ). Ecclesiastes uses בשׂר only in this sense Eccl 2:3; Eccl 4:5; Eccl 5:5; Eccl 11:10; Eccl 12:12 elsewhere this usage only in poetry; the body antithetical to נפשׁ Job 14:22 ; Isa 10:18 ; Ps 63:2 לב Ps 16:9; Ps 84:3; Prov 14:30 (only here emphatic plural = entire body Bö§ 695, Leiblichkeit De); מִבְּשָׂרִי apart from my body, in disembodied state Job 19:26 סמר מפחדך בשׂרי my body trembleth for fear of thee Ps 119:120.
3. male organ of generation (euphemism): בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם Gen 17:11 ; Gen 17:14 ; Gen 17:23 ; Gen 17:24 ; Gen 17:25 ( P ); בשׂר ערוה Exod 28:42 ( P ), but בשׂר Gen 17:14 ; Lev 15:2-19 ( P ) Ezek 16:26; Ezek 23:20; Ezek 44:7; Ezek 44:9.
4. flesh for kindred, blood-relations: עצם מעצמי ובשׂר מבשׂרי bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh Gen 2:23 ( J ); והיו לבשׂר אחד and they shall become one flesh Gen 2:24 ( J ); עצמי ובשׂרי Gen 29:14 ( J ) Judg 9:2 ; 2Sam 5:1; 2Sam 19:13 ; 2Sam 19:14 ; 1Chr 11:1 בשׂר with suffix in same sense Gen 37:27 ( J ) Neh 5:5 ; Isa 58:7 , for which שְׁאֵר בשׂרו near of kin, man or woman Lev 18:6; Lev 25:49 (both H ; Lev 25:49 || מִשְׁפָּחָה, compare RSk149).
5. man over against God as frail or erring Gen 6:3 ( J ) Ps 56:5 ; Ps 78:39 eyes of flesh Job 10:4 arm of flesh 2Chr 32:8; Jer 17:5 horses are flesh not spirit Isa 31:3
6. the phrase ׃כָּלבָּֿשָׂר
a. all living beings Gen 6:17; Gen 6:19; Gen 7:21; Gen 9:11; Gen 9:15; Gen 9:16; Gen 9:17; Lev 17:14; Num 18:15 ( P ) Job 34:15 ; Ps 136:25 .
b. animals Gen 7:15; Gen 7:16; Gen 8:17 ( P ).
c. mankind Gen 6:12; Gen 6:18; Num 16:22; Num 27:16 ( P ) Deut 5:28 ; Ps 65:3 ; Ps 145:21 ; Isa 40:5; Isa 40:6; Isa 49:26; Isa 66:16; Isa 66:23; Isa 66:24; Jer 12:12; Jer 25:31; Jer 32:27; Jer 45:5; Ezek 21:4; Ezek 21:9; Ezek 21:10 ; Joel 3:1; Zech 2:17 compare כל בשׂר אישׁ Job 12:10.


BDB7797

רוּחַ378 noun feminine Gen 41:8 (less often masculine Exod 10:13 +) breath, wind, spirit; — absolute ׳ ר Gen 8:1 +, ר֑וּחָה Jer 52:23 construct רוּחַ Gen 6:17 +; suffix רוּחִי Gen 6:3 +, רוּחֲךָ Ps 104:30 +, etc.; plural רוּחוֺת Ps 104:4 +, רֻחוֺת Jer 49:36, רוּחֹת Num 16:22; Num 26:16 (see Br רוח in O.T., JBL xix (1900), 132 ff. , full statement of all passages); —

1. breath of mouth or nostrils (33 t.):
a. רוּחַ פִּיו Job 15:30 breath of his mouth, compare Job 19:17 רוּחַ אַפֵּינוּ Lam 4:20 (figurative of king), of idols לֹא רוּחַ בָּם Jer 10:14 = Jer 51:17 , Hab 2:19 ; Ps 135:17 compare Job 9:18.
b. as mere breath: compare 2.e. דִּבְרֵירֿוּחַ Job 16:3 i.e. windy words; נוֺאָשׁ לְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי Job 6:26 , הַנְּבִיאִים יִהְיוּ לְרוּחַ Jer 5:13 .
c. as word of command: (1) of God: (נעשׂו) בְּרוּחַ פִּיו כָּלֿ צְבָאָם Ps 33:6 , compare Isa 34:16 (|| פֶּה); (2) of Messianic king: בְּרוּחַ שְׂפָתָיו יָמִית רָשָׁע Isa 11:4 .
d. as hard breathing through the nostrils in anger: (1) of God: מֵרוּח אַפּוֺ יִכְלוּ Job 4:9; Exod 15:8 (poem), 2Sam 22:16 = Ps 18:16; Isa 30:28; Isa 59:19 (2) of man: רוּחַ עָרִיצִים Isa 25:4 .
e. as sign and symbol of life: רוּחַ חַיִּים breath of life Gen 6:17 ; Gen 7:15 ( P ); נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ חַיִּים בְּאַפָּיו Gen 7:22 ( P ); Ezek 37:5, compare Ezek 37:6 Ezek 37:8 Ezek 37:9 Ezek 37:9 Ezek 37:9 Ezek 37:10 Ezek 37:14 (breath or spirit), Eccl 3:19.
2. wind (117 t.):
a. wind of heaven: Gen 8:1 ( P ) Exod 15:10 ( E ) Num 11:31 ( J ) 1Kgs 18:45 +, Jer 10:13, thence Jer 51:16; Ps 135:7 ׳ רוּחַ י Hos 13:15 ; Isa 40:7 , compare Job 26:13 (Di Bu); רוּחַ (ה)קָדִים east wind Exod 10:13 (twice in verse); Exod 14:21 ( J ) Ps 48:8; Jer 18:17; Ezek 17:10; Ezek 19:12; Ezek 27:26; Jonah 4:8 צָפוֺן ׳ ר north wind Prov 25:23 יָם ׳ ר sea wind (west wind) Exod 10:19 ( J ); . הַיּוֺם ׳ ר day wind, evening wind Gen 3:8 ( J ; compare Song 2:17; Song 4:6); אַרְבַּע רוּחוֺת four winds Jer 49:36 ; Ezek 37:9 (quarters?) Dan 8:8; Dan 11:4 (figurative quarters; compare b .), Zech 2:10 ; Zech 6:5 רוּחַ סְעְרָה storm wind Ps 107:25 ; Ps 148:8; Ezek 1:4 (סְעָרוֺת ׳ ר), Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:13 רוּחַ סֹעָה rushing wind Ps 55:9 (read possibly סערה Hup); בַּעְיָם רוּחוֺ Isa 11:15 (read ׳ בְּעֹצֶם ר, see עֲיָם , עֹצֶם), etc; wind personified: כַּנְפֵי רוּחַ 2Sam 22:11 = Ps 18:11; Ps 104:3, compare Hos 4:19; Ps 104:4.
b. quarter (of wind), side: רוּחַ הַקָּדִים Ezek 42:16 east side; רוּחַ הַצָּפוֺן Ezek 42:17 north side; רוּחַ הַדָּרוֺם Ezek 42:18 south side; רוּחַ הַיָּם Ezek 42:19 west side; אַרְבַּע רוּחוֺת Ezek 42:20; 1Chr 9:24 four sides; ר֑וּחָה Jer 52:23 on the sides.
c. breath of air: שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים Jer 14:6 רוּחַ לֹא יָבֹא בֵּינֵיהֶם Job 41:8 .
d. air, gas, from womb (dubious): כְּמוֺ יָלַדְנוּ רוּחַ Isa 26:18 (Di, e); רוּחֲכֶם אֵשׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶם ( RV breath) Isa 33:11 (Du , 3.c.).
e. vain, empty thing: רוּחַיָּי֑ Job 7:7 my life is wind; דַּעַת רוּחַ Job 15:2 רוּחַ וָתֹהוּ נִסְכֵּיהֶם Isa 41:29 רְעוּת רוּחַ striving for wind Eccl 1:14 ; Eccl 2:11; Eccl 2:17; Eccl 2:26; Eccl 4:4; Eccl 4:6 ; Eccl 6:9 compare Eccl 1:17 ; Eccl 4:16 ; Eccl 5:15.
3. spirit, as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation = temper, disposition (76 t.; so, distinctively, as compared with נֶפֶשׁ and לֵבָב ):
a. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour: לֹא הָיָה בָהּ עוֺד רוּחַ 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4 מַהזֶּֿה רוּחֲךָ סָרָה 1Kgs 21:5 וַתְּחִי רוּחַ Gen 45:27 ( E ); וַתָּשָׁב רוּחוֺ Judg 15:19 ; 1Sam 30:12.
b. courage: ׳ לֹא הָיָה בָם עוֺד ר Josh 5:1 נְגִידִים ׳ יִבְצֹר ר Ps 76:13 מִצְרַיִם ׳ וְנָָֽבְקָה ר Isa 19:3 תתעטּף רוּחִי Ps 77:4 ; Ps 142:4; Ps 143:4 לֹא קָמָה ׳ עוֺד ר Josh 2:11 אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ ׳ ר Prov 18:14.
c. temper, especially anger: ׳ רוּחַ רָעָה בֵּין וגו Judg 9:23 אָז רָֽפְתָה רוּחָם Judg 8:3 משֵׁל בְּרוּחוֺ Prov 16:32, compare Prov 25:28; Prov 29:11; Job 15:13 הֵנִיחוּ אֶתרֿוּחִי Zech 6:8 ; Eccl 7:9; Eccl 10:4.
d. impatience or patience: קֹצֶר רוּחַ Exod 6:9 ( P ) impatience, hastiness of temper, compare (of ׳ י) Mic 2:7 קְצַררֿוּחַ Prov 14:29 (|| אֶרֶךְ אַפַיִם); הֱצִיקַתְנִי רוּחַ בִּטְנִי Job 32:18 (Du breath; Di Bu divine spirit, compare Job 32:8); אִם מַדּוּעַ לֹאתִֿקְצַר רוּחִי Job 21:4 ׳ הֲקָצַר רוּחַ י Mic 2:7 ׳ אֶרֶךְ ר Eccl 7:8.
e. spirit, disposition, as troubled, bitter, or discontented; וַתִּפָּעֶם רוּח(וׅ (his) spirit was troubled Gen 41:8 ( E ) Dan 2:3 , compare Dan 2:1 מֹרַת רוּחַ Gen 26:35 ( P ) bitterness of spirit; ׳ עֲצוּבַת ר Isa 54:6, compare Ezek 3:14; Job 6:4 .
f. as crushed: וְכִהֲתָה כָלרֿוּחַ Ezek 21:12 , compare Isa 61:3; Prov 15:4; Prov 15:13; Prov 17:22 ; Prov 18:14 ; Ps 143:7 .
g. disposition of various kinds, often unaccountable and uncontrollable impulse: הֵעִיר אֶתרֿוּחַ 1Chr 5:26 (twice in verse); 2Chr 21:16; 2Chr 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:5; Jer 51:11; Hag 1:14 (3 t. in verse); הִנְנִי נ(וֺ)תֵן בּוֺ רוּח 2Kgs 19:7 = Isa 37:7 ; Num 14:24 ( J ; see עִם 4.b.), Mal 2:15 (twice in verse); Mal 2:16; Deut 2:30 רוּחַ קִנְאָה jealous disposition Num 5:14 (twice in verse); Num 5:30 ( P ); רוּחַ וְנוּנִים Hos 4:12; Hos 5:4 רוּחַ עִוְעִים Isa 19:14 רוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט Isa 28:6 אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ אֱלהִֹרם בּוֺ (administrative) Gen 41:38 ( E ); קַר רוּחַ אִישׁ הְּבוּנָה Prov 17:27 .
h. prophetic spirit: יְהוֺשֻׁעַ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁרֿ רוּחַ בּזֹ Num 27:18 ( P ; or g., as Gen 41:38); רוּחַ אֵלִיָּהוּ עַלאֱֿלִישָׁע 2Kgs 2:15, compare 2Kgs 2:9 רוּחַ תַּרְדֵמָה spirit of deep sleep (ecstatic, compare Gen 2:21 ; Gen 15:12, but Di and others g., as Isa 19:14) Isa 29:10; Mic 2:11 רוּחַ הַטֻמְאָה Zech 13:2 (of lying prophets), compare Ezek 13:3.
4. spirit of the living, breathing being, dwelling in the בָּשָׂר of men and animals, || נֶפֶשׁ (25 t.):
a. gift and creation of God: יֹצֵר רוּחַ אָדָם בְּקִרְבּוֺ Zech 12:1 רוּחַ אֱלוֺהַּ בְּאַפִּי Job 27:3 , compare Isa 42:5 .
b. God preserves it: פְּקֻדָּֽתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִי Job 10:12, compare Job 12:10 אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכָל בָּשָׂ֑ר Num 16:22 ; Num 27:16 ( P ); תֹּכֵן רוּחוֺת Prov 16:2 .
c. it is therefore God's spirit: Gen 6:3 ( J ; see דִּין near the end).
d. it departs at death: Ps 78:39 ( Dr a wind that passeth away 2.e.); חַיֵּי רוּחִי Isa 38:16 (Di principle of life), Ps 146:4 especially Ps 104:29; Ps 104:30; Job 17:1 ; Job 34:14 (compare Job 34:15), Isa 57:16; Eccl 8:8 (twice in verse) (wind Wild); אֵינְךָ יוֺדֵעַ מַהדֶּֿרֶךְ הָרוּחַ Eccl 11:5 , compare Eccl 3:21 over ag. הָרוּחַ תָּשׁוּב אֶלהָֿאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר נְתָנָהּ Eccl 12:7 בְּיָָֽדְךָ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי Ps 31:6 .
e. disembodied being (dubious, Di Du breath of wind): וְרוּחַ עַלפָּֿנַי יַחֲלֹף Job 4:15 .
5. spirit as seat of emotion = נֶפֶשׁ:
a. desire (possibly 3.g.), Isa 26:9 (|| נֶפֶשׁ ).
b. sorrow, trouble (probably 3.e.), Job 7:11 (|| נֶפֶשׁ ). — 1Sam 1:15 see קָשֶׁה .
6. occasionally, (and late) = seat or organ of mental acts, || לֵב, or synonym with it: רוּחַ חָכְמָה Exod 28:3; Deut 34:9 (both P ; probably 3.g.); תּעֵי רוּחַ Isa 29:24 , compare Job 20:3 (Hi Bu Du wind of Job's words), Ps 77:7 ( ᵐ5 Symm ᵑ6 Jerome troubled disposition); רוּחַ יהוה Isa 40:13 come into mind (compare לֵב Isa 65:17 ; Jer 3:16 +); 1Chr 28:12.
7. rarely of the will; also = רוּחַ נָכוֺן לֵב Ps 51:12 (= לֵב נָכוֺן Ps 57:8 (twice in verse) +); רוּחַ נְדִיבָה Ps 51:14 נָָֽדְבָה רוּחוֺ Exod 35:21 ( P ; compare נְדִיב לֵב Exod 35:5; Exod 35:22 ( P ) 2Chr 29:31).
8. רוּחַ especially of moral character; also = לֵב: רוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה Ezek 11:19 ; Ezek 18:31 ; Ezek 36:26 רוּחִי Ezek 36:27; Isa 59:21 (רוּחִי, || דְּבָרַי ; but probably prophetic spirit 9.b.); לֵב חָדָשׁ Ezek 18:31 ; Ezek 36:26 נְכֵה רוּחַ Isa 66:2 דַּכְּאֵי רוּחַ Ps 34:19 (compare לֵב נִדְכָּאִים Isa 57:15 ); מִשֵּׁבֶר רוּחַ Isa 65:14 (compare 3.f.); רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרֶה Ps 51:19 (|| לֵב נִשְׁבָּר, compare נִשְׁבְּרֵי לֵב Ps 34:19; Isa 61:1); Ps 32:2; Prov 11:13; Prov 16:18; Ps 78:8; Eccl 7:8 (compare גְּבַהּלֵב Prov 16:5); שְׁפַל רוּחַ Prov 16:19; Prov 29:23; Isa 57:15 רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים Isa 57:15 (compare 3.f.).
9. spirit of God (94 t.; not D or Jeremiah or any Deuteronomic writer; conception of its activity in inspiring prophecy probably discredited from abuse by false prophets, see נביא , נבא):
a. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy, Num 11:17 ; Num 11:25 (twice in verse); Num 11:26; Num 11:29 ( J ), 1Sam 10:6 ; 1Sam 10:10 (compare 1Sam 10:5), 1Sam 19:20; 1Sam 19:23 as inciting to deeds of frenzy, in the ecstatic state; hence conceived as אֱלֹהִים רָעָה ׳ ר 1Sam 16:15 (twice in verse); 1Sam 16:16, = ׳ רָעָה מֵאֵת י ׳ ר 1Sam 16:14 = רָעָה ׳ א ׳ צלח ר 1Sam 18:10 (other narrative) = רָעָה ׳ י ׳ ר 1Sam 19:9 ׳ א ׳ ר 1Sam 16:23 = רוּחַ הָרָעָה 1Sam 16:23, compare הָרוּחַ 1Kgs 22:21 = שֶׁקֶר ׳ ר 1Kgs 22:22 1Kgs 22:23 = 2Chr 18:20; 2Chr 18:21; 2Chr 18:22 = ׳ רוּחַ י 1Kgs 22:24 = 2Chr 18:23 compare also (in earlier prophets) אִישׁ הָרוּחַ, i.e. one possessed by the spirit in the ecstatic state, || הַנָּבִּיא Hos 9:7 ׳ רוּחַ י Mic 3:8 (|| בֹּחַ) is probably gloss (We Now); וְלֹא רוּחִי Isa 30:1 רוּחַ dealing with Ezek.: Ezek 2:2; Ezek 3:12; Ezek 3:14; Ezek 3:24; Ezek 8:3; Ezek 11:1 ; Ezek 11:5; Ezek 11:24 (Co gloss), Ezek 37:1 ; Ezek 43:5 (all implying ecstatic state of vision), compare Elijah 1Kgs 18:12; 2Kgs 2:16.
b. spirit as impelling prophets to utter instruction or warning (higher and later conception): transition probably Num 24:2; 2Sam 23:2; 1Chr 12:18 elsewhere in Chronicles: 2Chr 15:1; 2Chr 20:14 ; 2Chr 24:20 distinctly in Isa2, Isa 48:16 , compare Isa 61:1 so of ancient prophets, Zech 7:12; Neh 9:30 compare, of future prophetic gift, Joel 3:1; Joel 3:2.
c. imparting warlike energy, and executive and administrative power: (1) to שֹׁפְטִים, מוֺשִׁיעִים, מְלָכִים, of ancient Israel: וַתְּהִי רוּחַ על ׳ י Judg 3:10 ; Judg 11:29 , compare Judg 6:34; Judg 13:25; Judg 14:6; Judg 14:19; Judg 15:14; 1Sam 11:6; 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 16:14 so also עַד יֵעָרֶה עָלֵינוּ רוּחַ מִמָּרוֺם Isa 32:15 (2) resting upon Messianic king: Isa 11:2 (3 t. in verse); upon servant of ׳ י, Isa 42:1.
d. late, as endowing men with various gifts: technical skill Exod 31:3; Exod 35:31 ( P ); understanding Job 32:8 (|| נִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי); poured out by divine wisdom Prov 1:23.
e. as energy of life: רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַלפְּֿנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Gen 1:2 ( P ); רוּחַ אֵל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי Job 33:4 (|| נִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי); as vital power, opposed to בָשָׂר: Isa 31:3 in cherubic chariot: Ezek 1:12, compare Ezek 1:20 Ezek 1:21; Ezek 10:17 reviving Israel Ezek 39:29 ; Zech 12:10; Isa 44:3.
f. = ancient angel of the presence and later Shekina: קָדְשׁוֺ ׳ ר Isa 63:10 ; Isa 63:11 = ׳ י ׳ ר Isa 63:14 (= מַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו Isa 63:9 ), compare Ps 106:33 so also קָדְשְׁךָ ׳ ר Ps 51:13 (in national prayer), compare Neh 9:20; Ps 143:10 prophets of restoration conceive of the divine spirit as standing in their midst and about to fulfil all divine promises: רוּחִי עֹמֶדֶת בְּתוֺכֲכֶם Hag 2:5 ; Zech 4:6 this conception culminates in רוּחַ = divine Presence, and as such omnipresent, Ps 139:7 (|| פָּנֶיךָ; compare Ps 139:8).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בֶּשָר (bah-sahr’)

Genesis 2:21

KJV: And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
EHCC: closed up the flesh instead thereof;

Genesis 6:8

KJV: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
EHCC: for that he also (is) flesh:

Genesis 7:15

KJV: And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
EHCC: !»?;!# pad ofall at,

Genesis 8:17

KJV: Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
EHCC: of all (both) of fowl, and of cate

Genesis 9:4

KJV: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
EHCC: But with the life thereof,

Genesis 17:1

KJV: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.perfect: or, upright, or, sincere
EHCC: Lye shall circumcise the flesh

Genesis 29:14

KJV: And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.the space…: Heb. a month of days
EHCC: Surely thou (art) my bone and my fish

Genesis 87:27

EHCC: סם (is) our brother (and) ur fos

Genesis 40:19

KJV: Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.lift…: or, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee
EHCC: the birds shall eat thy flesh

Exodus 4:7

KJV: And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
EHCC: turned again as his (other) ficsh.

Exodus 12:8

KJV: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
EHCC: they shall eat the fiesh

Exodus 16:3

KJV: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
EHCC: when we sat by the flesk

Exodus 21:28

KJV: If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
EHCC: Ais flesh shall not be eaten; ‘

Exodus 22:31

KJV: And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
EHCC: (30). neither (lit.and not) shall yeest (any)

Exodus 28:42

KJV: And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:their…: Heb. flesh of their nakednessreach: Heb. be
EHCC: linen Lseosary eo eer their nakedness;

Exodus 29:14

KJV: But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
EHCC: Sy ie ane, . 1

Exodus 80:32

EHCC: Upon man’s fiesk shall it not

Leviticus 4:11

KJV: And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
EHCC: and all his flesh, .

Leviticus 7:15

KJV: And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
EHCC: And the flesh of the sacrifice

Leviticus 8:17

KJV: But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.
EHCC: the bullock, and his hide, Ais flesh,

Leviticus 9:11

KJV: And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
EHCC: the and the hide

Leviticus 13:2

KJV: When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:rising: or, swelling
EHCC: shall have in the skin of Ais א

Leviticus 12:12

EHCC: 0f hie the ‘Aosk is half consumed (lit.

1 Kings 17:6

KJV: And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
EHCC: bread ond in the morning, and bread

1 Kings 5:10

KJV: So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
EHCC: and thy shall come spain

Job 2:5

KJV: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
EHCC: toucl his bone and I steak

Job 7:5

KJV: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
EHCC: My fieth is clothed with worms

Job 10:4

KJV: Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
EHCC: Hast thou eyes of fah?

Job 12:10

KJV: In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.soul: or, lifeall…: Heb. all flesh of man
EHCC: the breath of all mankind, (marg. flesh of

Job 18:14

KJV: His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
EHCC: Wherefore do I take my flesh

Job 14:22

KJV: But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
EHCC: But his flesh upon him shall

Job 19:20

KJV: My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.and to: or, as to
EHCC: to my skin ard to my flesh,

Job 21:6

KJV: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
EHCC: trembling taketh hold on ry flak. .

Job 33:21

KJV: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
EHCC: His flesh is consumed away,

Job 34:15

KJV: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
EHCC: All flesh shall perish together,

Job 41:23

KJV: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.flakes: Heb. fallings
EHCC: (15). The flakes of his flesh are joined

Psalms 16:9

KJV: Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.rest…: Heb. dwell confidently
EHCC: my flesh also shail rest in hope.

Psalms 27:2

KJV: When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.came…: Heb. approached against me
EHCC: came upon me to eat up my flesh,

Psalms 56:4

KJV: In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
EHCC: (5).1 will not fear what fiesh can do

Psalms 63:1

KJV: A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;thirsty: Heb. wearywhere…: without water
EHCC: (2).my flesh longeth for thee

Psalms 65:2

KJV: O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
EHCC: (3). unto thee sball ail flesh come.

Psalms 78:39

KJV: For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
EHCC: remembered that they (were but) flesh;

Psalms 79:2

KJV: The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts

Psalms 84:2

KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
EHCC: (3).my heart and my flesh crieth

Psalms 102:5

KJV: By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.skin: or, flesh
EHCC: (6). bones cleave to my skin. (marg. flesh)

Psalms 109:24

KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
EHCC: and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Psalms 119:120

KJV: My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
EHCC: My "feak trembleth for fear of thee;

Psalms 136:25

KJV: Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
EHCC: Who giveth food to all flesh :

Psalms 145:21

KJV: My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
EHCC: let all flesh bless his holy name

Proverbs 4:22

KJV: For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.health: Heb. medicine
EHCC: health to all etic

Proverbs 5:11

KJV: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
EHCC: when thy flesh and thy body

Proverbs 14:30

KJV: A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
EHCC: A sound heart (is) the life of the flesh:

Proverbs 23:20

KJV: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:of flesh: Heb. of their flesh
EHCC: among riotous eaters of flesh:

Ecclesiastes 2:3

KJV: I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.to give…: Heb. to draw my flesh with wineall…: Heb. the number of the days of their life
EHCC: to oi myself unto wine, (marg.draw my

Ecclesiastes 4:5

KJV: The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
EHCC: and eateth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

KJV: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
EHCC: (5).thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;

Ecclesiastes 11:10

KJV: Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.sorrow: or, anger
EHCC: put away evil from thy flesh :

Ecclesiastes 12:12

KJV: And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.study: or, reading
EHCC: much study (is) a weariness of the flesh.

Isaiah 9:20

KJV: And he 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:snatch: Heb. cut
EHCC: (19). eat every man the flesh of his own

Isaiah 17:4

KJV: And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
EHCC: the fatness of Ais flesh

Isaiah 22:13

KJV: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
EHCC: eating flesh, and drinking wine: 5

Isaiah 31:3

KJV: Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
EHCC: their horses flesh, and not spirit.

Isaiah 44:16

KJV: He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
EHCC: with part thereof he eateth flesh ;

Isaiah 49:26

KJV: And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.sweet: or, new
EHCC: that oppress thee with their own fiesh ;

Isaiah 53:7

KJV: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
EHCC: and that thou hide not thyself from thine

Isaiah 65:4

KJV: Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;broth: or, pieces
EHCC: which eat swine's flesh,

Isaiah 66:16

KJV: For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
EHCC: will the Lord plead with all flesh:

Jeremiah 7:21

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
EHCC: your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

Jeremiah 11:15

KJV: What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.What…: Heb. What is to my beloved in my housewhen…: or, when thy evil is
EHCC: and the holy flesh is passed from thee?

Jeremiah 12:12

KJV: The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
EHCC: no flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 17:5

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
EHCC: mal eth flesh his arm,

Jeremiah 19:9

KJV: And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
EHCC: to eat the fiesh of their sona and the fiesh of

Jeremiah 25:31

KJV: A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
EHCC: he will plead with all flesh ;

Jeremiah 32:27

KJV: Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
EHCC: the Lord, the God of all flesh :

Jeremiah 45:5

KJV: And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
EHCC: 1 will bring evil upon all fiesh,

Lamentations 3:4

KJV: My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
EHCC: My flesh and my skin

Lamentations 10:12

EHCC: And their whole , (marg. )

Lamentations 16:26

EHCC: Egyptians thy neighbours, of /

Lamentations 20:48

EHCC: (21:4). And al sh shall tee that --

Lamentations 21:4

EHCC: (9). out of his sheath against all flesh 0

Lamentations 23:20

EHCC: whose flesh (lit. their flesh) (is as) the flesh

Lamentations 24:10

EHCC: consume the flesh,

Lamentations 32:3

EHCC: 1 will lay thy flesh upon the

Lamentations 87:6

EHCC: will bring up flesh upon you,

Lamentations 39:17

EHCC: that ye may eat flesh,

Lamentations 40:43

EHCC: the flesh of the offering.

Lamentations 44:7

EHCC: and uncircumcised in flesh,

Lamentations 10:3

EHCC: neither (lit. and not) came flesh nor

Hosea 8:13

KJV: They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.They sacrifice…: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc
EHCC: They sacrifice flesh (for) the

Zechariah 2:13

KJV: Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.his…: Heb. the habitation of his holiness
EHCC: (17). Be silent, 0 all flesh,

Zechariah 11:9

KJV: Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.another: Heb. his fellow, or, neighbour
EHCC: eat every one the flesh oF: ‘another.

Zechariah 14:12

KJV: And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
EHCC: Their flesh shall consume .
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