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Strong's G2907 κρέας (kreas)

Kreas means “flesh” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2907 — tus (“haste”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2907
Language Greek
Linked Usages 77
Books 23

Strong's G2907 Quick Answer

Strong's G2907 κρέας (kreas) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kreas (kreh'-as) n. 1. (butcher's) meat [perhaps a primary word] It has 77 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include flesh and meat. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kreas (kreh'-as) n. 1. (butcher's) meat [perhaps a primary word]
Usage
77 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
flesh and meat

Meaning and Definition

kreas (kreh'-as) n. 1. (butcher's) meat [perhaps a primary word] KJV: flesh

Original Word
κρέας
Transliteration
kreas
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2907. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2907 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kreas, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G2907 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 71 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2907 (κρέας) appears 85 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2907 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2907 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 14:21 KJV

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

1 Corinthians 8:13 KJV

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Strong's G2907 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

71 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:4 Septuagint / Brenton

But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.

Exodus 12:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.

Exodus 12:46 Septuagint / Brenton

In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break.

Strong's G2907 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 6:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well-favored countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine’s flesh.

2 Maccabees 6:21 Septuagint / Brenton

But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded by the king;

2 Maccabees 7:1 Septuagint / Brenton

It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.

Usage Excerpts

First 77 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2907.

Genesis 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
Exodus 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.
Exodus 12:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break.
Exodus 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.
Exodus 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us: and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God.
Exodus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Toward evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 21:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
Exodus 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Exodus 29:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; for it is an offering on account of sin.
Exodus 29:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and thou shalt boil the flesh in the holy place.
Exodus 29:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 29:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if aught be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing.
Leviticus 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosesoever garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whosoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.
Leviticus 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning.
Leviticus 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice till the third day, shall be consumed with fire.
Leviticus 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; everyone that is clean shall eat the flesh.
Leviticus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering which is the Lord’s, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering, which is the Lord’s, that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the calf, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burned with fire without the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there ye shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, the Lord saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
Leviticus 8:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that which is left of the flesh and of the loaves burn ye with fire.
Leviticus 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside of the camp.
Leviticus 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall not touch their carcasses; these are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcasses.
Leviticus 16:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the calf for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, they shall carry forth out of the camp, and burn them with fire, even their skins and their flesh and their dung.
Leviticus 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that same day it shall be eaten; ye shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the Lord.
Numbers 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Numbers 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.
Numbers 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou saidst, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat a whole month.
Numbers 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flesh shall be thine, as also the breast of the wave offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be thine.
Numbers 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall burn her to ashes before him; and her skin and her flesh and her blood, with her dung, shall be consumed.
Deuteronomy 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou shalt kill according to all thy desire, and shalt eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he has given thee in every city; the unclean that is within thee and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag.
Deuteronomy 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy borders, as he said to thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh; if thy soul should desire to eat flesh, thou shalt eat flesh according to all the desire of thy soul.
Deuteronomy 12:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take diligent heed that thou eat no blood, for blood is the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.
Deuteronomy 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt sacrifice thy whole burnt offerings, thou shalt offer the flesh upon the altar of the Lord thy God; but the blood of thy sacrifices thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar of the Lord thy God, but the flesh thou shalt eat.
Deuteronomy 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, ye shall not touch their dead bodies.
Deuteronomy 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Leaven shall not be seen with thee in all thy borders for seven days, and there shall not be left of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice at even on the first day until the morning.
Deuteronomy 28:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.
Deuteronomy 32:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will make my weapons drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh, It shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity Of the heads of their enemies that rule over them.
Judges 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh.
Judges 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so.
Judges 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire came up out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
1 Kingdoms 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest’s claim from every one of the people that sacrificed was this: the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething, and a fleshhook of three teeth was in his hand.
1 Kingdoms 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And before the fat was burned for a sweet savor, the servant of the priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and I will by no means take of thee sodden flesh out of the caldron.
3 Kingdoms 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and he drank water of the brook.
Job 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, And frame me with bones and sinews.
Psalms 49:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
Proverbs 23:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not a wine bibber, Neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
Isaiah 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
Isaiah 44:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
Isaiah 44:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
Isaiah 65:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, even they that eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of their sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled:
Isaiah 66:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine’s flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Gather your whole burnt offerings with your meat offerings, and eat flesh.
Jeremiah 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why has my beloved wrought abomination in my house? will prayers and holy offerings take away thy wickedness from thee, or shalt thou escape by these things?
Jeremiah 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their own flesh. Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, therefore they have done these things to thee. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.
Ezekiel 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I said, Not so, Lord God of Israel: surely my soul has not been defiled with uncleanness; nor have I eaten that which died of itself or was torn of beasts from my birth until now; neither has any corrupt flesh entered into my mouth.
Ezekiel 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Ezekiel 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Your dead whom ye have smitten in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and thiscity is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
Ezekiel 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
Ezekiel 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, say, Thus saith the Lord; Say to every winged bird, and to all the wild beasts of the field, Gather yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all places round about to my sacrifice, which I have made for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and ye shall eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ezekiel 39:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall eat the flesh of mighty men, and ye shall drink the blood of the princes of the earth, rams, and calves and goats, and they are all fatted calves.
Daniel 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I ate no pleasant bread, and no flesh or wine entered into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself with oil, until three whole weeks were accomplished.
Hosea 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the Lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
Micah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided them as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,
Haggai 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Zechariah 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.
Romans 14:21 New Testament, KJV
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
1 Corinthians 8:13 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
2 Maccabees 6:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well-favored countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine’s flesh.
2 Maccabees 6:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded by the king;
2 Maccabees 7:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
4 Maccabees 5:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews, and to compel them to taste swine’s flesh, and things offered to idols.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2907, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2907 FAQ

What does kreas (κρέας) mean?

Kreas (Strong's G2907) is a Greek word most simply glossed "flesh". kreas (kreh'-as) n. 1. (butcher's) meat [perhaps a primary word]

How many times is kreas (κρέας) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 77 linked usages for Strong's G2907 across 23 books.

Where can I study kreas (κρέας) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2907 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kreas (κρέας)?

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Does Strong's G2907 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 71 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2907, with linked reader references where each row is available.