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ψυχικός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ψυχικός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
psychikos
Simplified transliteration: 
psychikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5591
GK Number: 
6035
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
pertaining to the natural state: physical, unspiritual, without the Spirit
Definition: 
pertaining to the life

, or soul; in NT animal, as distinguished from spiritual subsistence, 1 Cor. 15:44, 46; occupied with mere animal things, animal, sensual, 1 Cor. 2:14; Jas. 3:15; Jude 19*

Greek-English Concordance for ψυχικός

1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural (psychikos | ψυχικός | nom sg masc) man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 15:44 it is sown a natural (psychikon | ψυχικόν | nom sg neut) body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural (psychikon | ψυχικόν | nom sg neut) body, there is also a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:46 However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural (psychikon | ψυχικόν | nom sg neut), then the spiritual.
James 3:15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (psychikē | ψυχική | nom sg fem), demonic.
Jude 1:19 These are the ones causing division, worldly-minded (psychikoi | ψυχικοί | nom pl masc), and devoid of the Spirit.