the nature of things, the force, laws, order of nature
as opposed to what is monstrous, abnormal, perverse
as opposed what has been produced by the art of man: the natural branches, i.e. branches by the operation of nature
birth, physical origin
a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature
the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others, distinctive native peculiarities, natural characteristics: the natural strength, ferocity, and intractability of beasts
Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Phusis". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=5449>.
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