Strong's Greek · G5449
φύσις
phýsis
(man-)kind, nature(-al)
Definition
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
Derivation
from G5453 (φύω);
Appears 14 times in Scripture
“We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners””
“Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.”
“For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.”
“The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.”
“For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.”
“Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,”
“For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!”
“Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).