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ψῡχι-κός G5591
Adj-NFS  |  6× in 1 sense
Natural, unspiritual, soulish; pertaining to the natural life-principle (psyche) as opposed to the Spirit (pneuma).
Psychikos derives from psyche ('soul, natural life') and marks a crucial boundary in Pauline and general epistolary theology. The 'natural' person of 1 Corinthians 2:14 cannot receive the things of the Spirit because they are spiritually discerned. In 1 Corinthians 15:44-46, Paul distinguishes between the psychikon body (sown in weakness) and the pneumatikon body (raised in power). James 3:15 brands worldly wisdom as 'earthly, psychike, demonic.' The translations reveal nuance: Spanish natural alongside animico, French naturel and charnels, German natuerlich and Seelische—each grasping a different facet of this rich term.

Senses
1. natural, unspiritual, soulish Pertaining to the natural, animate life governed by the psyche rather than the divine pneuma. This carries a consistently pejorative or limiting force in the NT: the psychikos person lacks spiritual perception (1 Cor 2:14), the psychikon body belongs to the present age of mortality (1 Cor 15:44-46), and psychike wisdom is aligned with the earthly and demonic (Jas 3:15). The multilingual evidence splits revealingly—Spanish natural vs. animico, German natuerlich vs. Seelische—reflecting the term's range from 'merely natural' to 'soulish.'
MENTAL_LIFE Psychological Faculties Soul and Life
amh["ስጋዊ"]·AR["الطَّبيعِيُّ", "النَّفْسانِيُّ", "طَبيعِيٌّ", "نفسانيون", "نَفسيَّةٌ"]·ben["জাগতিক", "প্রাকৃতিক", "প্রাণিক,", "প্রাণীক"]·ces["tělesní"]·dan["sjælelige,"]·DE["Seelische", "natuerlich"]·ell["ψυχικοί,"]·EN["natural", "soulish", "unspiritual"]·FR["charnels,", "naturel", "ψυχική"]·guj["પ્રાકૃતિક,"]·hat["charnel"]·hau["na-duniya"]·heb["נַפְשִׁי", "נַפְשִׁית", "נפשיים"]·HI["प्राकृतिक", "प्राणिक", "शारीरिक"]·hun["érzékiek"]·ID["alamiah,", "duniawi"]·IT["carnali", "naturale", "psuchikē"]·jav["-kajasmanan", "Kajiwan", "kadagingan,", "kadonyan"]·JA["肉に属する者たち"]·KO["영혼적인", "영혼적인-것이고", "육신-적,", "육적인", "육적인-자들이요"]·mar["ऐहिक,"]·mya["လောကီသဘာဝရှိသော"]·nld["vleselijke"]·nor["sjelelige"]·pnb["جسمانی"]·pol["zmysłowi"]·PT["animal", "natural", "natural,", "sensuais"]·ron["firești,"]·RU["душевная,", "душевное", "душевные", "душевный"]·ES["Anímico", "natural", "sensuales"]·SW["Mtu-wa-kawaida", "wa-asili", "wa-kidunia", "ya-kibinadamu"]·swe["själiska"]·tam["ஆத்துமாவின்-படி"]·tel["ప్రాకృతికులు"]·tgl["makamundo"]·TH["ฝ่ายเนื้อหนัง"]·TR["bedensel,", "doğal", "o-"]·ukr["душевні"]·urd["نفسانی", "نفسانی٬"]·VI["thuộc-xác-thịt"]·yor["ti-ara,"]·yue["屬血氣-嘅"]·ZH["属肉体的"]

Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
ψῡχι-κός, , όν, of the soul or life, spiritual, opposed to σωματικός, ἡδοναί Refs 4th c.BC+; πνεῦμα ψ. the spirit, or breath of life, Refs 1st c.AD+; νόσος Refs adverb -κῶςRefs 1st c.AD+; opposed to σωματικῶς, νοερῶς, Refs 5th c.AD+; also, heartily, from the heart, LXX __2 of the animal life, animal, ψ. ἄνθρωπος the natural man, opposed to πνευματικός, NT+9th c.AD+ __3 brave, Refs 2nd c.AD+