Bible Verse Dictionary
Ephesians 5:29 - Flesh
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
no man | G3762 | οὐδείς |
not even one (man woman or thing) that is none: nobody nothing |
ever yet | G4218 | ποτέ |
indefinite adverb at some time ever |
hated | G3404 | μισέω |
[Verb] to detest (especially to persecute); by extension to love less |
his own | G1438 | ἑαυτοῦ |
from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive (dative or accusative) of G846; him (her it: them also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my thy: our your) -self (-selves) etc. |
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) |
but | G235 | ἀλλά |
[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
nourisheth | G1625 | ἐκτρέφω |
[Verb] to rear up to maturity that is (generally) to cherish or train |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
cherisheth | G2282 | θάλπω |
[Verb] to brood that is (figuratively) to foster |
it | G846 | αὐτός |
backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
even | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
as | G2531 | καθώς |
[Adverb] just (or inasmuch) as that |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
Lord | G2962 | κύριος |
[Noun Masculine] supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
church | G1577 | ἐκκλησία |
[Noun Feminine] a calling out that is (concretely) a popular meeting especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.