psuchikos

Strong’sG5591

animal, natural, sensuous

stem psuchik-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** ψυχικός, -ή, -όν

(< ψυχή) [in LXX: IV Mac 1:32 *;]

of the ψυχή (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural: opp. to πνευματικός, I Co 2:14 15:44, 46; πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες (EV, sensual; R, mg., natural or animal; better perhaps, of the mind; v. infr.), Ju 19; with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης, opp. to ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη (σοψία), of the mind (Hort, in l.), Ja 3:15†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5591 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpsoo-khee-kos'

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)

Fromfrom G5590;

King Jamesnatural, sensual.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ψῡχι-κός, ή, όν,
of the soul or life, spiritual, opposed to σωματικός, ἡδοναί Refs 4th c.BC+; πνεῦμα ψ. the spirit, or breath of life, Refs 1st c.AD+; νόσος Refs adverb -κῶςRefs 1st c.AD+; opposed to σωματικῶς, νοερῶς, Refs 5th c.AD+; also, heartily, from the heart, LXX
2 of the animal life, animal, ὁ ψ. ἄνθρωπος the natural man, opposed to ὁ πνευματικός, NT+9th c.AD+
3 brave, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II for the soul or spirit of one deceased, ψ. δῶρα διδούς, i.e. to Hermes, Refs
III cooling, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

natural4×unspiritual1×worldly1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	psuchikos1×Ψυχικὸς	psuchikas1×ψυχική	psuchikem3×ψυχικόν	psuchikois1×ψυχικοί	psuchikais	psuchikeim
object accusative	psuchikon	psuchikan		psuchikoin	psuchikain
direct address vocative	psuchikor	psuchikar		psuchikoir	psuchikair
of, belonging to genitive	psuchikou	psuchikau	psuchikeu	psuchikoiu	psuchikaiu	psuchikeiu
to, for dative	psuchiko	psuchika	psuchike	psuchikoi	psuchikai	psuchikei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

psuchikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

psuchik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

psuchikos“natural”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 2:14Psuchikos de anthrōpos ouk dechotō teim teu …The natural man does not accept the things …

psuchikas“unspiritual”subjectnominative singular1×

James 3:15… tas sofias anōthen katerchorōntas, alla epigeias, psuchikas, daimoniōdas;… come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

psuchikem“natural”subject or objectdirect singular3×

1 Corinthians 15:44sperotō sōmem psuchikem, egerotō sōmem pneumatikem. Ei atō sōmem …It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual …

1 Corinthians 15:44… egerotō sōmem pneumatikem. Ei atō sōmem psuchikem, atō kai pneumatikem.… spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual …

1 Corinthians 15:46… ouk prōtem tem pneumatikem alla tem psuchikem, epeita tem pneumatikem.… however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

psuchikois“worldly”subjectnominative plural1×

Jude 1:19houtois alō tois apodiorizarōntois, psuchikois, pneumem mē echarōntois.… ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.