natural

Greek Adjective

φυσικός, -ή, -όν (ψύσις), natural (a) produced by nature, innate (Xen, Arist, al.); (b) according to nature (Arist, Diod, al.): opposite to παρὰ φύσιν, Rom.1:26-27; (with) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut, Mor, 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), 2Pe.2:12, (AS)

natural

Greek Adjective

φῠσικός, ή, όν, natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and later Prose; opposed to διδακτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; opposed to νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opposed to ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, [NT]; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα [Refs 1st c.BC+] adverb -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] b) belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) belonging to growth, [Refs] 3) φ. ὀδόντες milk-teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. φιλοσοφία[Refs]; οἱ φ. λόγοι falsa lectio for{οἱ φυσιολόγοι}, [Refs]; φ. προτάσεις, opposed to ἠθικαί, λογικαί, [Refs]; τὸ φ, τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2) ὁ φ. an inquirer into nature, natural philosopher, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially of the Ionic and other pre-Socratic philosophers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ φυσικώτατος, of Thales, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2.b) army surgeon, uncertain in [Refs] II.3) ἡ φ. ἀκρόασις, title of a treatise by [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ φυσικά, a name given to his physical treatises, [Refs] II.4) adverb -κῶς according to the laws of nature, [Refs]: comparative -ώτερον εἰπεῖν [Refs] III) later, belonging to occult laws of nature, magical, φ. φάρμακα spells or amulets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κῶς[Refs]

Greek

Adjective

"physical", i.e. (by implication) instinctive; natural; from g5449 (φύσις)