φύσις phusis · G5449

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

φύσις [ῠ], ἡ, ; genitive φύσεως, poetry φύσεος probably (for the sake of meter) in [] (variant{φύση}) [], (φύω): ; I origin, φ. οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν οὐδὲ.. τελευτή []; frequently of persons, birth, φύσει νεώτερος []; φύσει, opposed to θέσει (by adoption), []; so ὁ κατὰ φύσιν πατήρ, υἱός, ἀδελφός, []; also in accusative, ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν []; ἢ φίλων τις ἢ πρὸς αἵματος φύσιν[]; I.2 growth, τριχῶν, παιδίου, []; II the natural form or constitution of a person or thing as the result of …

Where it's used 14 times

Romans 1:26 · Romans 2:14 · Romans 2:27 · Romans 11:21 · Romans 11:24 · 1 Corinthians 11:14 · Galatians 2:15 · Galatians 4:8 · Ephesians 2:3 · James 3:7 · 2 Peter 1:4 … and 3 more

Source: TBESG G5449; TFLSJ G5449

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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