G5446

φυσικός

phusikosG:A

natural

φυσικός, -ή, -όν (ψύσις), natural __(a) produced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.); __(b) according 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,† (AS)

The KJV translates G5446 in the following manner:

natural (6x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

φυσικός — physikós

φυσικός, φυσικη, φυσικον (φύσις), natural; i. e., a. produced by nature, inborn (very often so from Xenophon, (mem. 3, 9, 1) down).

b. agreeable to nature (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others): opposed to παρά φύσιν, Rom 1:26,(27).

c. governed by (the instincts of) nature: ζῷα γεγεννημένα φυσικά, 2Pe 2:12 (R. V. born mere animals).

3 occurrences

Romans (2), II Peter (1)