What does φυσικός (physikós) mean in the Bible?
φυσικός (physikós) is a Greek word meaning "natural".
Greek · G5446
φυσικός
Natural
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φυσικός G5446
Pronunciation physikós
What does φυσικός (physikós) mean in the Bible?
φυσικός (physikós) is a Greek word meaning "natural".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5446?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include natural (2), creatures of instinct (1).
Where does φυσικός (physikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (2), 2 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It natural 2× Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27
creatures of instinct 1× 2 Peter 2:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 1:26
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Romans 2 2 Peter 1
Source forms
φυσικὴν 2x physikēn Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27
φυσικὰ 1x physika 2 Peter 2:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x 2 Peter 2:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. natural
Strong's G5446
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
natural
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ψύσις), natural
aproduced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.);
baccording to nature (Arist., Diod., al.): opposite to παρὰ φύσιν, Rom.1:26-27; __(with) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut., Mor., 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), 2Pe.2:12,
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:26 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
φυσικὴν fusikhn
natural, according to nature
Read verse Romans 1:27 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
φυσικὴν fusikhn
natural, according to nature
Read verse 2 Peter 2:12 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
φυσικὰ fusika
natural, according to nature
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Pet 2:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:26 · Rom 1:27 2×
Word Origins
φυσικός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain