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φυσικός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
φυσικός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
physikos
Simplified transliteration: 
physikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5446
GK Number: 
5879
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
pertaining to things of nature: natural, instinctive; (n.) creatures of instinct
Definition: 
natural, agreeable to nature, Rom. 1:26, 27; following the instinct of nature, as animals, 2 Pet. 2:12*

Greek-English Concordance for φυσικός

Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions. Their women exchanged the natural (physikēn | φυσικήν | acc sg fem) sexual function for one that is unnatural,
Romans 1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned the natural (physikēn | φυσικήν | acc sg fem) sexual relation with women and burned in their passion for one another — men with men committing shameless acts and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
2 Peter 2:12 But these people, like irrational animals, born creatures of instinct (physika | φυσικά | nom pl neut) to be captured and destroyed, are ignorant of those whom they slander, and in their destruction will themselves also be destroyed,