Quick Definition
φυσικός, ή, όν Adj natural, according to nature
Strong's Definition
"physical", i.e. (by implication) instinctive
Derivation: from G5449 (φύσις);
KJV Usage: natural
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν | φύω
58.9 · Nature, Class, Example · Nature, Character
natural, naturally, by nature, by instinct pertaining to that which is in accordance with the nature or character of something For some languages the equivalent of ‘being in accordance with nature’ is simply ‘being as it should be’ (ROM 1:26). For 2PE 2:12, in place of an expression such as ‘natural creatures’ a more appropriate equivalent in some languages is simply ‘animals.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φυσικός, -7, -όν, (φύσις), natural; i.e. a. produced by nature, inborn, (very often so fr. Xen. [mem. 8, 9, 1] down). b. agreeable to nature, (Dion. Hal., Plut., al.) : opp. to rapa φύσιν, Ro. i. 26, [27]. ο. governed by (the instincts of) nature: ζῶα γεγεννημένα φυσικά, 2 Pet. ii. 12 [R. V. born mere animals].° picts
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φυσικός physikos 3x
natural, agreeable to nature, Rom. 1:26, 27; following the instinct of nature, as animals, 2 Pet. 2:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φυσικός, -ή, -όν
(< φύσις),
natural
produced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.);
according to nature (Arist., Diod., al.): opp. to παρὰ φύσιν, Ro 1:26, 27;
governed by mere natural instinct (cf. Plut., Mor., 706A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), II Pe 2:12,†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φυσικός. In Rom 1%f φυσικός is ‘‘natural,” ‘according to nature,’’ as opp. to παρὰ φύσιν, ‘against nature”: cf. P Lips I. 2818 (a.D. 381) ὅνπερ θρέψω καὶ ἱματίζω εὐγενῶς καὶ γνησίως ὡς υἱὸν γνήσιον καὶ φυσικὸν ὡς ἐξ ἐϊμ]οῦ γενόμενον, in a deed of adoption. In 2 Pet 213 Mayor renders γεγεννημένα φυσικά ‘‘ born creatures of instinct,” as against RV ‘‘ born mere animals.” Cf. also Aristeas 171 τὴν σεμνότητα καὶ φυσικὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ vopov= ‘the sanctity and natural (or inward) meaning of the Law” according to Thackeray, who however pronounces the exact sense ‘‘ uncertain.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φυσικός (phusikos) — natural. φῠσικός, ή, όν, natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and later Prose; opposed to διδακτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; opposed to νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opposed to ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, [NT]; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα [Refs 1st c.BC+] adverb -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. belonging to growth, [Refs]
3. φ. ὀδόντες milk-teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. φιλοσοφία[Refs]; οἱ φ. λόγοι falsa lectio for{οἱ φυσιολόγοι}, [Refs]; φ. προτάσεις, opposed to ἠθικαί, λογικαί, [Refs]; τὸ φ., τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. ὁ φ. an inquirer into nature, natural philosopher, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially of the Ionic and other pre-Socratic philosophers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ φυσικώτατος, of Thales, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. b army surgeon, uncertain in [Refs]
II.3. ἡ φ. ἀκρόασις, title of a treatise by [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ φυσικά, a name given to his physical treatises, [Refs]
II.4. adverb -κῶς according to the laws of nature, [Refs]: comparative -ώτερον εἰπεῖν [Refs]
III. later, belonging to occult laws of nature, magical, φ. φάρμακα spells or amulets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κῶς[Refs]
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Natural (5446) phusikos