Dictionary entry

σαρκικός

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* σαρκικός, -ή, -όν (< σάρξ)

(v.l. for σάρκινος, Arist., H.A., x, 2, 7)

= Lat. carnalis, i.e.

(a) associated with or pertaining to the flesh, fleshly, carnal: Ro 15:27, I Co 9:11;

(b) in a more ethical sense, of the nature of the flesh, under the control of its appetites, fleshly, carnal, sensual (but including more than mere sensuality; cf. Hort, I Pe., 133): I Co 3:3, II Co 1:1210:4, I Pe 2:11.†

SYN.: σάρκινος (q.v.), ψυχικός; cf. Tr., Syn., §§ lxxi, lxxii; Lft., Notes, 184 f.; Vau. on Ro 7:14