Strong's G5449 · Greek

φύσις

phusis · foo'-sis

from 5453; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φύσις (G5449)

11 (KJV) ** φύσις , -εως, ἡ ( φύω ) [in LXX: Wi 7:20 13:1 19:20 א Α , III Mac 3:29 , IV Mac 1:20 5:7 , 8 , 25 13:27 15:13 , 25 16:3 * ;] nature , i.e., the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Ja 3:7 , II Pe 1:4 ; τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς , Eph 2:3 ; origin, birth (Soph., Xen., al.): Ro 2:27 , Ga 2:15 ; nature , i.e. the regular order or law of nature: I Co 11:14 ; dat., φύσει adverbially, by nature , Ro 2:14 , Ga 4:8 ; παρὰ φύσιν , against nature , Ro 1:26 11:24 ; καρὰ φ. , according to nature, naturally , Ro 11:21 , 24 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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