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בָּשָׂר

ba.sar

flesh

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Strong’s H1320Noun, masculine270 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

flesh151

meat52

the flesh of29

body16

the meat of6

own flesh4

flesh of3

is flesh2

In the text

Genesis 2:21בָּשָׂר
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
Leviticus 4:11בְּשָׂרוֹ
But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
Numbers 11:4בָּשָׂר
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Job 2:5בְּשָׂרוֹ
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Isaiah 9:20בְּשַׂר
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Ezekiel 4:14בְּשַׂר
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בָּשָׂר 266 n.m. flesh

1. of the body

2. flesh for the body itself

3. male organ of generation (euphemism)

4. flesh for kindred, blood-relations

5. man over against God as frail or erring

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.