What does ψυχικός · πνευματικός mean in the Bible?
ψυχικός · πνευματικός is a Greek phrase meaning "natural / spiritual".
Greek · G5591, G4152
ψυχικόν / πνευματικόν
Natural · spiritual
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ψυχικός G5591 natural
Pronunciation psychikós
Describes humanity operating from soulish nature alone, opposed to Spirit-empowered spiritual maturity.
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πνευματικός G4152 spiritual
Pronunciation pneumatikós
Spiritual realities actuated by Divine Spirit, contrasting with fleshly or soulish dimensions of human existence.
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What does ψυχικόν / πνευματικόν (psychikon / pneumatikon) mean in the Bible?
ψυχικός · πνευματικός is a Greek phrase meaning "natural / spiritual".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5591, G4152?
G5591, G4152 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. natural / spiritual
Source Gloss
natural / spiritual
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (6) Number pattern Singular (5)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 15:44 · 1 Cor 15:46 3×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 2:14 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:15 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Jude 1:19 1×
Word Origins
ψυχικόν / πνευματικόν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain