Lexicon
ψυχικός
psuchikos
G5591
G:A Greek

natural

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Greek
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psuchikos describes what is natural rather than spiritual, including persons, wisdom, and a body.

The term most often characterizes persons or wisdom in contrast with spiritual discernment or spirit; it also describes a body set in contrast to a spiritual body and as preceding it.

Senses in use

  1. Natural in contrast to spiritual discernment or spirit · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 2:14, the nominative masculine form describes a person who does not receive the things of God's Spirit and cannot understand what is spiritually discerned. In James 3:15, the nominative feminine form qualifies wisdom described as not descending from above, while Jude 1:19 uses the nominative plural masculine form of divisive people whom the APB describes as “not having spirit.”

  2. A body contrasted with a spiritual body · common

    In 1 Corinthians 15:44, the nominative singular neuter form qualifies a body that is sown and then contrasted with a spiritual body that is raised. In 1 Corinthians 15:46, the same form identifies what comes first before the spiritual.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “natural” in each cited verse, including “natural person,” “natural body,” and wisdom called “natural.” In Jude 1:19 it pairs “natural” with “not having spirit”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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