ψυχικόςpsychikós
sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152 (πνευματικός), which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446 (φυσικός), which is the lower or bestial nature)
Greek (New Testament) · G5591
Meanings
of the ψυχή (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural: opposed to πνευματικός, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 15:44, 1 Corinthians 15:46; πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες (EV, sensual; R, margin, natural or animal; better perhaps, of the mind; see below), Jude 1:19; with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης, opposed to ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη (σοψία), of the mind, James 3:15
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
- 1 Corinthians 15:44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
- 1 Corinthians 15:46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.
- James 3:15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
- Jude 1:19 These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.