Gloss: nature
Transliteration: phusis
Strong’s: G5449
φύσις, -εως, ἡ
(φύω) [in LXX: Wis.7:20 13:1 19:20 אΑ, 3Ma.3:29, 4Ma.1:20 4Mac 5:7-8 4Mac 5:25 4Mac 13:27 4Mac 15:13 4Mac 15:25 4Mac 16:3 * ;]
nature, i.e.,
__(a) the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Jas.3:7, 2Pe.1:4;
τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3;
__(b) origin, birth (Soph., Xen., al.): Rom.2:27, Gal.2:15;
__(with) nature, i.e. the regular order or law of nature: 1Co.11:14; dative, φύσει adverbially, by nature, Rom.2:14, Gal.4:8; παρὰ φύσιν, against nature, Rom.1:26 11:24; καρὰ φ., according to nature, naturally, Rom.11:21, 24.†
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(φύω) [in LXX: Wis.7:20 13:1 19:20 אΑ, 3Ma.3:29, 4Ma.1:20 4Mac 5:7-8 4Mac 5:25 4Mac 13:27 4Mac 15:13 4Mac 15:25 4Mac 16:3 * ;]
nature, i.e.,
__(a) the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Jas.3:7, 2Pe.1:4;
τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3;
__(b) origin, birth (Soph., Xen., al.): Rom.2:27, Gal.2:15;
__(with) nature, i.e. the regular order or law of nature: 1Co.11:14; dative, φύσει adverbially, by nature, Rom.2:14, Gal.4:8; παρὰ φύσιν, against nature, Rom.1:26 11:24; καρὰ φ., according to nature, naturally, Rom.11:21, 24.†
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