ψυχικός
psychikos · natural, unspiritual
Greek word · Strong’s number G5591 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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psychikos (ψυχικός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “natural, unspiritual”.
Natural: belonging to ordinary human life, living by human nature alone and not by the Spirit. "A natural body", the body of this present life.
How to say it
psy·chi·kos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Living only by what is human, without the Spirit.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are examined spiritually.
- 1 Corinthians 15:44
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
- 1 Corinthians 15:46
But the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.
- James 3:15
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, natural, demonic.
- Jude 1:19
These are the ones who cause divisions, natural people, not having the Spirit.
And 1 more times.