What does φύσις · θεός mean in the Bible?
φύσις · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "those that are not gods according to their real nature".
Greek · G5449, G2316
τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς
Nature · God
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φύσις G5449 nature
Pronunciation phýsis
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς (tois physei mē ousin theois) mean in the Bible?
φύσις · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "those that are not gods according to their real nature".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5449, G2316?
G5449, G2316 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. those that are not gods according to their real nature
Source Gloss
those that are not gods according to their real nature
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (14)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 11:14 · Jas 3:7 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 2:27 · 2 Pet 1:4 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rom 2:14 · Gal 2:15 · Gal 4:8 · Eph 2:3 · Jas 3:7 5×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:26 · Rom 11:21 · Rom 11:24 5×
Word Origins
τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς 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