Natural
ψυχικόςStrong’s G5591psuchikos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Psuchikos is the Greek word usually translated “natural”, “unspiritual” and “worldly-minded”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.”
Meaning
Usually translated “natural”, “unspiritual” and “worldly-minded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- natural 4
- unspiritual 1
- worldly-minded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- James 1
- Jude 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 15:44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
- 1 Corinthians 15:46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
- James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Greek dictionary
ψυχικός psuchikos · natural
ψυχικός, -ή, -όν (ψυχή) [in LXX: 4Ma.1:32 * ;] of the ψυχή (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural: opposite to πνευματικός, 1Co.2:14 15:44 15:46; πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες (EV, sensual; R, mg., natural or animal; better perhaps, of the mind; see infr.), Ju 19; with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης, opposite to ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη (σοψία), of the mind (Hort, in l), Jas.3:15† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “natural” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NATURAL, adjective
[to be born or produced]
- Pertaining to nature; produced or effected by nature, or by the laws of growth, formation or motion impressed on bodies or beings by divine power.
- According to the stated course of things.
- Not forced; not far fetched; such as is dictated by nature.
- According to the life; as a natural representation of the face.
All definitions and other forms of “natural”
- Consonant to nature.
- Derived from nature, as opposed to habitual.
- Discoverable by reason; not revealed; as natural religion.
- Produced or coming in the ordinary course of things, or the progress or animals and vegetables; as a natural death; opposed to violent or premature.
- Tender; affectionate by nature.
- Unaffected; unassumed; according to truth and reality.
- Illegitimate; born out of wedlock; as a natural son.
- Native; vernacular; as ones natural language.
- Derived from the study of the works or nature; as natural knowledge.
- A natural note, in music, is that which is according to the usual order of the scale; opposed to flat and sharp notes, which are called artificial.
NATURAL, noun
- An idiot; one born without the usual powers of reason or understanding.
- A native; an original inhabitant.
- Gift of nature; natural quality.
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.