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Lexicon :: Strong's G5449 - physis

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φύσις
Transliteration
physis (Key)
Pronunciation
foo'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
14x in 4 unique form(s) TR
14x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:251,1283

Strong’s Definitions

φύσις phýsis, foo'-sis; from G5453; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage:—(man-)kind, nature(-al).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G5449 in the following manner: nature (10x), natural (with G2596) (2x), kind (1x), mankind (with G442) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G5449 in the following manner: nature (10x), natural (with G2596) (2x), kind (1x), mankind (with G442) (1x).

  1. nature

    1. the nature of things, the force, laws, order of nature

      1. as opposed to what is monstrous, abnormal, perverse

      2. as opposed what has been produced by the art of man: the natural branches, i.e. branches by the operation of nature

    2. birth, physical origin

    3. a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature

    4. the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others, distinctive native peculiarities, natural characteristics: the natural strength, ferocity, and intractability of beasts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φύσις phýsis, foo'-sis; from G5453; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage:—(man-)kind, nature(-al).
STRONGS G5449:
φύσις, φύσεως, ἡ (from φύω, which see, as Latin nature from nascor, ingenium from geno, gigno), from Homer, Odyssey 10, 303 down; nature, i. e.
a. the nature of things, the force, laws, order, of nature; as opposed to what is monstrous, abnormal, perverse: ὁ, ἡ, τό παρά φύσιν, that which is contrary to nature's laws, against nature, Romans 1:26 (οἱ παρά φύσιν τῇ Ἀφροδιτη χρώμενοι, Athen. 13, p. 605; ὁ παιδεραστής... τήν παρά φύσιν ἡδονήν διώκει, Philo de spec. legg. i., § 7); as opposed to what has been produced by the art of man: οἱ κατά φύσιν κλάδοι, the natural branches, i. e. branches by the operation of nature, Romans 11:21, 24 (Winer's Grammar, 193 (182)), contrasted with οἱ ἐγκεντρισθεντες παρά φύσιν, contrary to the plan of nature, cf. 24; ἡ κατά φύσιν ἀγριέλαιος, ibid.; as opposed to what is imaginary or fictitious: οἱ μή φύσει ὄντες θεοί, who are gods not by nature, but according to the mistaken opinion of the Gentiles (λεγόμενοι θεοί, 1 Corinthians 8:5), Galatians 4:8; nature, i. e. natural sense, native conviction or knowledge, as opposed to what is learned by instruction and accomplished by training or prescribed by law: ἡ φύσις (i. e. the native sense of propriety) διδάσκει τί, 1 Corinthians 11:14; φύσει ποιεῖν τά τοῦ ναμου, natura magistra, guided by their natural sense of what is right and proper, Romans 2:14.
b. birth, physical origin: ἡμεῖς φύσει Ἰουδαῖοι, we so far as our origin is considered, i. e. by birth, are Jews, Galatians 2:15 (φύσει νεώτερος, Sophocles O. C. 1295; τῷ μέν φύσει πατρίς, τόν δέ νόμῳ πολίτην ἐπεποιηντο, Isocrates Evagr. 21; φύσει βάρβαροι ὄντες, νόμῳ δέ Ἕλληνες, Plato, Menex., p. 245 d.; cf. Grimm on Wis. 13:1); ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία, who by birth is uncircumcised or a Gentile (opposed to one who, although circumcised, has made himself a Gentile by his iniquity and spiritual perversity), Romans 2:27.
c. a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature: ἦμεν φύσει τέκνα ὀργῆς, by (our depraved) nature we were exposed to the wrath of God, Ephesians 2:3 (this meaning is evident from the preceding context, and stands in contrast with the change of heart and life wrought through Christ by the blessing of divine grace; φύσει πρός τάς κολασεις ἐπιεικῶς ἔχουσιν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6. (Others (see Meyer) would lay more stress here upon the constitution in which this 'habitual course of evil' has its origin, whether that constitution be regarded (with some) as already developed at birth, or (better) as undeveloped; cf. Aristotle, pol. 1, 2, p. 1252{b}, 32f οἷον ἕκαστον ἐστι τῆς γενέσεως τελεσθεισης, ταύτην φαμέν τήν φύσιν εἶναι ἑκάστου, ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπου, etc.; see the examples in Bonitz's index under the word. Cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6a.)).
d. the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others, distinctive native peculiarities, natural characteristics: φύσις θηρίων (the natural strength, ferocity and intractability of beasts (A. V. (every) kind of beasts)), ἡ φύσις ἡ ἀνθρωπίνῃ (the ability, art, skill, of men, the qualities which are proper to their nature and necessarily emanate from it), James 3:7 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 10); θείας κοινωνοί φύσεως, (the holiness distinctive of the divine nature is specially referred to), 2 Peter 1:4 (Ἀμενωφει... θείας δοκουντι μετεσχηκεναι φύσεως κατά τέ σοφίαν καί πρόγνωσιν τῶν, ἐσομενων, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 26).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
1:26; 2:14; 2:27; 11:21; 11:24
1 Corinthians
8:5; 11:14
Galatians
2:15; 4:8
Ephesians
2:3
James
3:7
2 Peter
1:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5449 matches the Greek φύσις (physis),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:26 - Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:14 - (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[fn] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:21 - For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:24 - After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:14 - Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:15 - “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:8 - Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[fn] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:7 - All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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