nature

Greek Noun Female

φύσις, -εως, ἡ (φύω) [in LXX: Wis.7:20 13:1 19:20 אΑ, 3Ma.3:29, 4Ma.1:20 4Mac 5:7-8 4Mac 5:25 4Mac 13:27 4Mac 15:13 4Mac 15:25 4Mac 16:3 *;] nature, i.e, (a) the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Jas.3:7, 2Pe.1:4; τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3; (b) origin, birth (Soph, Xen, al.): Rom.2:27, Gal.2:15; (with) nature, i.e. the regular order or law of nature: 1Co.11:14; dative, φύσει adverbially, by nature, Rom.2:14, Gal.4:8; παρὰ φύσιν, against nature, Rom.1:26 11:24; καρὰ φ, according to nature, naturally, Rom.11:21, 24. (AS)

nature

Greek Noun Female

φύσις [ῠ], ἡ, genitive φύσεως, poetry φύσεος probably (for the sake of meter) in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (variant{φύση}) [Refs 5th c.BC+], (φύω): I) origin, φ. οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν οὐδὲ. τελευτή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of persons, birth, φύσει νεώτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσει, opposed to θέσει (by adoption), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so ὁ κατὰ φύσιν πατήρ, υἱός, ἀδελφός, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also in accusative, ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ φίλων τις ἢ πρὸς αἵματος φύσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) growth, τριχῶν, παιδίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) the natural form or constitution of a person or thing as the result of growth (οἷον ἕκαστόν ἐστι τῆς γενέσεως τελεσθείσης, ταύτην φαμὲν τὴν φ. εἶναι ἑκάστου [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.1) nature, constitution, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἵματος, ἀέρος, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) outward form, appearance, μέζονας ἢ κατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ νόον ἤτοι φύσιν either in mind or outward form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρακαίνης φ. ἔχουσαν ἀγρίαν probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) in Medicine texts, constitution, temperament, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.b) natural place or position of a bone or joint, ἀποπηδᾶν ἀπὸ τῆς φ, ἐς τὴν φ. ἄγεσθαι, [Refs] II.4) of the mind, one's nature, character, ἦθος ἕκαστον, ὅπῃ φ. ἐστὶν ἑκάστῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. φρενός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. φιλόσοφος, τυραννική, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σόλων. ἦν φιλόδημος τὴν φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσεως ἰσχύς force of natural powers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσεως κακία badness of natural disposition, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρῶ τῇ φύσει, i.e. give rein to your natural propensities, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.4.b) instinct in animals, etc, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.5) frequently in periphrases, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ᾽ ὀργάνειας, i.e. would'st provoke a stone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. τῆς ἀσθενείας its natural weakness, [Refs]; ἡ φ, with genitive understood, [Refs] III) the regular order of nature, τύχη. ἀβέβαιος, φ. δὲ αὐτάρκης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίχες κατὰ φύσιν πεφυκυῖαι growing naturally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρὰ φύσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προδότης ἐκ φύσεως a traitor by nature, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ τῆς φ. ἥκειν εἰς θάνατον before the natural term, [Refs 5th c.BC+] by nature, naturally, opposed to τύχῃ, τέχνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μὴ αὑτοῦ φ. ἀλλ᾽ ἄλλου ἄνθρωπος ὤν, οὗτος φ. δοῦλός ἐστιν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to νόμῳ (by convention), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσιν ἔχει with infinitive, it is natural, κῶς φύσιν ἔχει πολλὰς μυριάδας φονεῦσαι (i.e. τὸν Ἡρακλέα); [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχει φύσιν it is contrary to nature,[Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) in Philosophy: IV.1) nature as an originating power, φ. λέγεται. ὅθεν ἡ κίνησις ἡ πρώτη ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύσει ὄντων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ δὲ φ. οὐδὲν ἀλόγως οὐδὲ μάτην ποιεῖ[Refs 1st c.AD+]; φ. κοινή, the principle of growth in the universe, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as Stoic technical term, the inner fire which causes preservation and growth in plants and animals, defined as πῦρ τεχνικὸν ὁδῷ βαδίζον εἰς γένεσιν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Nature, personified, χάρις τῇ μακαρίᾳ Φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.2) elementary substance, κινδυνεύει ὁ λέγων ταῦτα πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γῆν καὶ ἀέρα πρῶτα ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν πάντων εἶναι καὶ τὴν φ. ὀνομάζειν αὐτὰ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]atoms, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.3) concrete, the creation, 'Nature', ἀθανάτου. φύσεως κόσμον ἀγήρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ φύσεως, title of works by Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Gorgias, Epicurus, etc; [σοφία] ἣν δὴ καλοῦσι περὶ φύσεως ἱστορίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ δύο φ, i.e. heaven and earth, light and darkness, etc, [Refs] IV.4) [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for two, [Refs] V) as a concrete term, creature, frequently in collective sense, θνητὴ φ. mankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόντου εἰναλία φ. the creatures of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν θηλειῶν φ. woman-kind (opposed to τὸ ἄρρεν φῦλον) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in contemptuous sense, αἱ τοιαῦται φ. such creatures as these, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.b) of plants or material substances, φ. εὐώδεις καρποφοροῦσαι [Refs 1st c.BC+] VI) kind, sort, species, ταύτην. ἔχειν βιοτῆς. φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. [ἀλωπεκίδων] species, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; natural group or class of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+] VII) sex, θῆλυς φῦσα (probably to be read instead of οὖσα) κοὐκ ἀνδρὸς φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII.2) the characteristic of sex, ={αἰδοῖον}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially of the female organ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the testes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Noun Feminine

growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage; (man-)kind, nature(-al); from g5453 (φύω)