nat-u-ral, natur (, leah; , psuchikos, , phusikos, , phusis) :<\/p>\n
1. As Used in the Old Testament:<\/p>\n
Natural is the translation of leah, freshness or vigor (Deu 34:7). Of Moses it is said, His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.<\/p>\n
Nature in the sense of a system or constitution does not occur in the Old Testament. The world and men, each individual, were conceived as being the direct creation of a supra-mundane God, and conserved by His power and Spirit. The later conception of nature came in through Greek influences.<\/p>\n
In the Apocrypha, we find nature in the sense of innate character or constitution (The Wisdom of Solomon 7:20, the natures (phuseis) of living creatures; The Wisdom of Solomon 13:1, Surely vain are all men by nature (phusei), 3 Macc 3:29, mortal nature (phusis)).<\/p>\n
2. As Used in the New Testament:<\/p>\n
In the New Testament nature (phusis) is frequently found in the latter sense (Rom 1:26, against nature; Rom 2:14, by nature; Rom 2:27; Rom 11:24, also contrary to nature; 1Co 11:14, Doth not even nature itself teach you?; Gal 2:15; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:3; in 2Pe 1:4, we have that ye might be partakers of the divine nature, the Revised Version margin or, a) ; phusis occurs also in Jam 3:7, every kind of beasts, the Revised Version margin Greek: nature, also mankind (Jam 3:7), the Revised Version margin Greek: the human nature. Natural (Rom 11:21, Rom 11:24) is the translation of kata phusin, according to nature. Paul in 1 Corinthians speaks of the natural man (1Co 2:14, the American Revised Version margin or unspiritual, Greek: physical) and of a natural body (1Co 15:44 twice), the Greek word being psuchikos, of the soul (psuche), the animal, natural, principle, as contrasted with what pertains to the higher principle of the spirit (pneuma). In 1Co 15:46 the contrast is expressed, Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, the American Revised Version margin Greek: physical. The natural man is the man in whom the spirit is unquickened, the natural body is that corresponding to the psychical or soul-nature, the spiritual body that corresponding to the Spirit as the dominant principle of the life. In Jud 1:10, we have phusikos, naturally naturally, as brute beasts, the Revised Version (British and American) naturally, like the creatures without reason; genesis, origin, birth, is translated natural (Jam 1:23, his natural face, the Revised Version margin Greek: the face of his birth); and nature (Jam 3:6, the course of nature the Revised Version (British and American) the wheel of nature margin or birth) (wheel probably means circle of nature (the whole creation; see COURSE)); gnesos, genuine (true to right nature) legitimate, sincere, is translated naturally (Phi 2:20, who will naturally care for your state, the Revised Version (British and American) truly, margin Greek: genuinely).<\/p>\n
Natural, Nature nat-u-ral, natur (, leah; , psuchikos, , phusikos, , phusis) : 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Natural is the translation of leah, freshness or vigor (Deu 34:7). Of Moses it is said, His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Nature in the sense of a system or constitution … Continue reading “Natural, Nature”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}