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GreekG5591Adjective

ψυχικός

psuchikos

5Occurrences
G5591Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152 (πνευματικός), which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446 (φυσικός), which is the lower or bestial nature)

from G5590 (ψυχή);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
of the *ψυχή *(as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural: opposite to *πνευματικός *; *πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες *(EV, sensual; R, mg., natural or animal; better perhaps, of the mind; see infr.); with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης, opposite to *ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη *(σοψία), of the mind
LXX: 4 *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ψυχικός appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
3
James
1
Jude
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:44BSB

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:46BSB

The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:14BSB

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

James 3:15BSB

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Jude 1:19BSB

These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.