Flesh-hook (Hastings' Dictionary)
See Food. FLESHLY, FLESHY.-Modem editions of AV have retained the distinction between 'fleshly 'and 'fleshy' of 1611. Fleshly is that which belongs to the flesh and not the spirit, carnal. It occurs in NT 2 Co 1'2, 1 P 2" (<ropKI^•6s), Col 9>» ' fleshly mind ' (povi TTjs ffapicAs, ' mind of the flesh '). In Ad. Est 14'" the meaning is apparently simply mortal {adpKim). Fleshy is that which is made of flesh (and not of stone), soft, tender. Sir 17", 2 Co 3' {aapKivos).
The distinction did not appear in the earlier versions : ^Vj'c. Tind. Gen. Bish. have ' fleshly ' in 2 Co 3^ Gov. has ' fleshy.' Nor was it observed by Eng. writers of the day : T. Wright (1G04), Passions, V. iv. 212, says, 'Fleshy concupis- cence deserveth rather the name of Mercenarie Lust then Love,' and Culpepper and Cole, Anat. I. xvii. 45, ' Such as are given to fleshy desires have larger Kidneys than ordinary.' But once made it is well worth maintaining. J. Hastings.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Flesh-hook
Flesh-hook flesh'-hook (mazlegh, and plural mizlaghoth): One of the implements used around the sacrificial altar. According to Divine direction given to Moses (Ex 27:3; 38:3), it was to be made of brass, but later David felt impelled by "the Spirit" or "in his spirit" to determine that for use in the magnificent Temple of Solomon it should be made of gold (1Ch 28:17). But Huram made it, with other altar articles, of "bright brass" (2Ch 4:16). In Samuel's time, it was made with three hook-shaped tines, and was used in taking out the priests' share of the meat offering (1Sa 2:13-14). With the other altar utensils, it was in the special charge of the Kohathites (Nu 4:14). The hooks mentioned in Eze 40:43 were altogether different and for another purpose. ⇒See a list of verses on FLESHHOOK in the Bible. See HOOK. Leonard W. Doolan ⇒See the definition of fleshhook in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
References
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