Nature
φύσιςStrong’s G5449phusis
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phusis is the Greek word usually translated “nature”, “birth” and “kinds”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
Meaning
Usually translated “nature”, “birth” and “kinds”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- nature 8
- by nature 3
- by birth 1
- kinds 1
- race 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 5
- Galatians 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Ephesians 1
- James 1
- 2 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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 2:14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
- Romans 2:27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
- Romans 11:21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
- Romans 11:24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Greek dictionary
φύσις phusis · nature
φύσις, -εως, ἡ (φύω) [in LXX: Wis.7:20 13:1 19:20 אΑ, 3Ma.3:29, 4Ma.1:20 4Mac 5:7-8 4Mac 5:25 4Mac 13:27 4Mac 15:13 4Mac 15:25 4Mac 16:3 * ;] nature, i.e., (a) the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Jas.3:7, 2Pe.1:4; τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3; (b) origin, birth (Soph., Xen., al.): Rom.2:27, Gal.2:15; (with) nature, i.e. the regular order or law of nature: 1Co.11:14; dative, φύσει adverbially, by nature, Rom.2:14, Gal.4:8; παρὰ φύσιν, against nature, Rom.1:26 11:24; καρὰ φ., according to nature, naturally, Rom.11:21, 24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nature” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NATURE, noun
[Latin from nature born, produced, ]
- In a general sense, whatever is made or produced; a word that comprehends all the works of God; the universe.
- By a metonymy of the effect for the cause, nature is used for the agent, creator, author, producer of things, or for the powers that produce them.
- The essence, essential qualities or attributes of a thing, which constitute it what it is; as the nature of the soul; the nature of blood; the nature of a fluid; the nature of plants, or of a metal; the nature of a circle or an angle.
- The established or regular course of things; as when we say, an event is not according to nature or it is out of the order of nature
All definitions and other forms of “nature”
- A law or principle of action or motion in a natural body.
- Constitution aggregate powers of a body, especially a living one.
- The constitution and appearances of things.
- Natural affection or reverence.
- System of created things.
- Sort; species; kind; particular character.
- Sentiments r images conformed to nature or to truth and reality.
- Birth.
NATURE, verb transitive
To endow with natural qualities. [Not in use]
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.