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φυσικῶς
phusikōs
G5447
G:ADV Greek

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phusikos describes the instinctive manner in which unreasoning animals understand in Jude 1:10.

The attested use describes understanding that occurs instinctively, in the comparison of certain people with unreasoning animals in Jude 1:10.

Senses in use

  1. Instinctive manner of understanding · dominant

    In Jude 1:10, the adverb qualifies how the people understand what destroys them, within a comparison to unreasoning animals. The APB renders the clause, “they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jude 1:10, the APB presents the adverb through “understand instinctively” in its comparison with “unreasoning animals”.

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