ψυχικός,
ψυχική,
ψυχικόν (
ψυχή) (
Vulg.animalis, Gem.
sinnlich), "of or belonging to the
ψυχή;
a. having the nature and characteristics of the
ψυχή i. e. of the principle of animal life," which men have in common with the brutes (see
ψυχή, 1 a.); (
A. V. natural):
σῶμα ψυχικόν,
1 Corinthians 15:44; substantively, τό ψυχικόν (Winer's Grammar, 592 (551)), 1 Corinthians 15:46: since both these expressions do not differ in substance or conception from σάρξ καί αἷμα in 1 Corinthians 15:50, Paul might have also written σαρκικον; but prompted by the phrase ψυχή ζῶσα in 1 Corinthians 15:45 (borrowed from Genesis 2:7), he wrote ψυχικόν.
b. "governed by the ψυχή i. e. the sensuous nature with its subjection to appetite and passion (as though made up of nothing but ψυχή): ἄνθρωπος (equivalent to σαρκικός (or σάρκινος, which see 3) in Genesis 3:1), 1 Corinthians 2:14; ψυχικοί, πνεῦμα μή ἔχοντες, Jude 1:19 (A. V. sensual (R. V. with marginal reading 'Or natural, Or animal'); so in the following example); σοφία, a wisdom in harmony with the corrupt desires and affections, and springing from them (see σοφία, a., p. 581b bottom), James 3:15. (In various other senses in secular authors from Aristotle and Polybius down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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2:7; 3:1
- 1 Corinthians
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2:14; 15:44; 15:45; 15:46; 15:50
- James
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3:15
- Jude
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1:19
