Psychikos means “natural” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5591 — caar (“tempest”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5591 ψυχικός (psuchikos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. psuchikos (psoo-khee-kos') adj. 1. sensitive, i.e. animate {(in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature)} It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include which. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
psuchikos (psoo-khee-kos') adj. 1. sensitive, i.e. animate {(in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature)} [from G5590] KJV: natural, sensual Root(s): G5590 Compare: G4152, G5446
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natural
Usage: ψυχικός, -ή, -όν (ψυχή) [in LXX: 4Ma.1:32 * ;] of the ψυχή (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural: opposite to πνευματικός, 1Co.2:14 15:44 15:46; πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες (EV, sensual; R, mg., natural or animal; better perhaps, of the mind; see infr.), Ju 19; with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης, opposite to ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη (σοψία), of the mind (Hort, in l), Jas.3:15† (AS)
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Strong's G5591 (ψυχικός) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But of the lusts, some belong to the soul, others to the body: and over each of these classes the reasoning appears to bear sway.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5591.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
But of the lusts, some belong to the soul, others to the body: and over each of these classes the reasoning appears to bear sway.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5591, grouped by book.
Psychikos (Strong's G5591) is a Greek word most simply glossed "natural". psuchikos (psoo-khee-kos') adj. 1. sensitive, i.e. animate {(in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature)}
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G5591 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5591 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as which. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5591, with linked reader references where each row is available.