Bible Verse Dictionary
Galatians 6:12 - Flesh
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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As | G3745 | ὅσος |
as (much great: long etc.) as |
many as | G3745 | ὅσος |
as (much great: long etc.) as |
desire | G2309 | θέλω |
[Verb] apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138; to determine (as an active voice option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive voice acquiescence in objective considerations) that is choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication to wish that is be inclined to (sometimes adverbially gladly); impersonally for the future tense to be about to; by Hebraism to delight in |
to make a fair shew | G2146 | εὐπροσωπέω |
[Verb] to be of good countenance that is (figuratively) to make a display |
in | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
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the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
flesh | G4561 | σάρξ |
[Noun Feminine] flesh (as stripped of the skin) that is (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food) or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit) or as the symbol of what is external or as the means of kindred or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions) or (specifically) a human being (as such) |
they | G3778 | οὗτος |
the he (she or it) that is this or that (often with the article repeated) |
constrain | G315 | ἀναγκάζω |
[Verb] to necessitate |
you | G5209 | ὑμᾶς |
you (as the object of a verb or preposition) |
to be circumcised | G4059 | περιτέμνω |
[Verb] to cut around that is (specifically) to circumcise |
only | G3440 | μόνον |
[Adverb Neuter] merely |
lest | G3363 | ἵνα μή |
[Conjunction] in order (or so) that not |
they | G3778 | οὗτος |
the he (she or it) that is this or that (often with the article repeated) |
should suffer persecution | G1377 | διώκω |
[Verb] compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication to persecute |
for the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
cross | G4716 | σταυρός |
[Noun Masculine] a stake or post (as set upright) that is (specifically) a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively exposure to death that is self denial; by implication the atonement of Christ |
of Christ | G5547 | Χριστός |
[Adjective] anointed that is the Messiah an epithet of Jesus |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.