Greek Word Study · Strong’s G5446
φυσικός
phusikos · “natural”
Used 3 times across 2 books
Definition
φυσικός, -ή, -όν
(ψύσις),
natural
(a) produced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.);
(b) according to nature (Arist., Diod., al.): opposite to παρὰ φύσιν, Rom.1:26-27;
(with) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut., Mor., 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), 2Pe.2:12,†
(ψύσις),
natural
(a) produced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.);
(b) according to nature (Arist., Diod., al.): opposite to παρὰ φύσιν, Rom.1:26-27;
(with) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut., Mor., 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), 2Pe.2:12,†
Where it appears
Romans2
2 Peter1
In the text
Romans 1:26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.2 Peter 2:12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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