Biblical Hebrew H1320 noun masculine 273 occurrences

בָּשָׂר

Transliteration: basar (bāśār)

Pronunciation: /baw-SAWR/

“flesh, body, humanity, frailty”

Flesh, physical body, humanity; expresses human kinship ('one flesh') and creaturely transience in contrast to the eternal Spirit of God.

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From בָּשַׂר (H1319) to be fresh.

fleshbodypersonmankind

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: בָּשָׂר (flesh, body, humanity, frailty) -> σάρξ (flesh)

LXX conceptual translation: בָּשָׂר (flesh, body, humanity, frailty) -> σῶμα (a body, a person, a slave)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G4561 σάρξ (sarx — “flesh”) G4983 σῶμα (soma — “a body, a person, a slave”)

Foundational passages where בָּשָׂר (basar) carries significant theological or narrative weight.