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Lexicon :: Strong's G5449 - physis

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:26 - For this G3778 reason G1223 God G2316 gave G3860 them over G3860 to degrading G819 passions; G3806 for their women G2338 exchanged G3337 the natural G5446 function G5540 for that which is [fn]unnatural, G3844 G5449

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:14 - For when G3752 Gentiles G1484 who do not have G2192 [fn]the Law G3551 do G4160 [fn]instinctively G5449 the things of the Law, G3551 these, G3778 not having G2192 [fn]the Law, G3551 are a law G3551 to themselves, G1438

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - And he who is physically G5449 uncircumcised, G203 if he keeps G5055 the Law, G3551 will he not judge G2919 you who G3588 [fn]though G1223 having the letter G1121 of the Law and circumcision G4061 are a transgressor G3848 [fn]of the Law? G3551

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:21 - for if G1487 God G2316 did not spare G5339 the natural G5449 branches, G2798 He will not spare G5339 you, either. G3761

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:24 - For if G1437 you were cut G1581 off G1581 from what G65 is by nature G5449 a wild G65 olive G65 tree, G65 and were grafted G1461 contrary G3844 to nature G5449 into a cultivated G2565 olive G2565 tree, G2565 how G4214 much G4214 more G3123 will these G3778 who G3588 are the natural G2596 G5449 branches be grafted G1461 into their own G2398 olive G1636 tree? G1636

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:14 - Does not even G3761 nature G5449 itself G846 teach G1321 you that if G1437 a man G435 has G2863 long G2863 hair, G2863 it is a dishonor G819 to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:15 - “We are Jews G2453 by nature G5449 and not sinners G268 from among G1537 the Gentiles; G1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:8 - However G235 at that time, G5119 when you did not know G6063 God, G2316 you were slaves G1398 to those G3588 which by nature G5449 are no G3361 gods. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - Among G1722 them we too G2532 all G3956 formerly G4218 lived G390 in the lusts G1939 of our flesh, G4561 [fn]indulging G4160 the desires G2307 of the flesh G4561 and of the [fn]mind, G1271 and were by nature G5449 children G5043 of wrath, G3709 even G2532 as the rest. G3062

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:7 - For every G3956 [fn]species G5449 of beasts G2342 and birds, G4071 of reptiles G2062 and creatures G1724 of the sea, G1724 is tamed G1150 and has been tamed G1150 by the human G442 [fn]race. G5449

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - [fn]For by these G3739 He has granted G1433 to us His precious G5093 and magnificent G3176 promises, G1862 so G2443 that by them you may become G1096 partakers G2844 of the divine G2304 nature, G5449 having escaped G668 the corruption G5356 that is in the world G2889 by lust. G1939
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