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Physically

φυσικῶςStrong’s G5447

phusikōs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Phusikōs is the Greek word usually translated “naturally”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”
Jude 1:10 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “naturally”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • naturally 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jude 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    φυσικῶς phusikōs · physically

    φυσικῶς adv., naturally, by nature: Ju 10.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “physically” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PHYS'ICALLY, adverb

    According to nature; by natural power or the operation of natural laws in the material system of things, as distinguished from moral power or influence. We suppose perpetual motion to by physically impossible.

    1. According to the art or rules of medicine.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.