adjective

psuchikos

Greekψυχικός (psuchikos)

Strong’sG5591

animal, natural, sensuous

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

Translated as

natural4×unspiritual1×worldly1×

What it means

** 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.

Every form

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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

psuchikos“natural”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 2:14“natural”Psuchikos de anthrōpos ouk dechetō teim teu pneumeu tou theou, mōrias gar auto atō, kai ouk dunetō gnōskara, hoti pneumatikōs anakrinitō;The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

psuchikas“unspiritual”subjectnominative singular1×

James 3:15“unspiritual”ouk atō houtas tas sofias anōthen katercherōtas, alla epigeias, psuchikas, daimoniōdas;Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

psuchikem“natural”subject or objectdirect singular3×

1 Corinthians 15:44“natural”speiritō sōmem psuchikem, egeiritō sōmem pneumatikem. Ei atō sōmem psuchikem, atō kai pneumatikem.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:44“natural”speiritō sōmem psuchikem, egeiritō sōmem pneumatikem. Ei atō sōmem psuchikem, atō kai pneumatikem.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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

psuchikois“worldly”subjectnominative plural1×

Jude 1:19“worldly”houtois alō tois apodiorizarōtois, psuchikois, pneumem mē echarōtois.These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.