ΦΎΣΙΣ

ΦΎΣΙΣ: ** φύσις, -εως, ἡ [ (< φύω) [in LXX: Wi 7:20 13:1 19:20 אΑ, III Mac 3:29, IV Mac 1:20 5:7, 8, 25 13:27 15:13, 25 16:3 * ;] ] nature, i.e., (a) . the nature (natural powers or constitution) of a person or thing: Ja 3:7, II Pe 1:4; τέκνα φυσει ὀργῆς, Eph 2:3; (b) . origin, birth (Soph., Xen., al.): Ro 2:27, Ga 2:15; (c) . nature, i.e. the regular order or law of nature: I Co 11:14; dat., φύσει adverbially, by nature, Ro 2:14, Ga 4:8; παρὰ φύσιν, against nature, Ro 1:26 11:24; καρὰ φ., according to nature, naturally, Ro 11:21, 24.†