The corpus record

σάρκ-ῐνος

sarkinos

of, like flesh, fleshy, fleshy

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Where it lives

Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

of, like flesh, fleshy, fleshy, made of flesh, substantial

of or like flesh, fleshy, σ. ὄζος (v. ὄζος) σ. [μέρη] fleshy parts, such as the gums, Arist. HA 493a1; made of flesh (and blood), Id. EN 1117b5; ἄνθρωποι θνατοὶ καὶ σ. Hipparch. ap. Stob. 4.44.81, cf. Phld. D. 3 Fr. 6, Sign. 34; σ. ἰχθῦς (opp. a dream) Theoc. 21.66; τοῖς τὸ χρήσιμον καὶ σ. καὶ ὠφέλιμον [ἔχουσι τῶν λόγων] substantial, Plu. Profect. 2.79c.

2 made of gut

made of gut, σχοινία PLond. 3.1177.169 (ii A.D.).

3 fleshly, of the flesh

fleshly, of the flesh, Ep.Hebr. 7.16, v.l. in Ep.Rom. 7.14.

II fleshy, corpulent

fleshy, corpulent, Ar. Fr. 711, Eup. 387; σώματα Pl. Lg. 906c.

III

σάρκινος ἤτοι γυργαθός, perh. = σαργάνη 2, Edict.Diocl. 32.18.

In the wild

σάρκινοι · sarkinoi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1117b (DIORISIS sentence 967)
σάρκινον · sarkinon Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 167)
σαρκίνοις · sarkinois New Testament, 1 Corinthians 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 43)
σαρκίναις · sarkinais New Testament, 2 Corinthians 3.3 (DIORISIS sentence 41)
σαρκίνης · sarkinēs New Testament, Hebrews 7.15 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
σάρκινός · sarkinos New Testament, Romans 7.14 (DIORISIS sentence 175)

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