Phusis φύσις

Phusis (Greek φύσις, Strong's G5449) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “nature”. It occurs 14 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Phusis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

• Romans 1:26
  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
• Romans 2:14
  For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
• Romans 2:27
  And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
• Romans 11:21
  For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
• Romans 11:24
  For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 11:14
  Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

Galatians

• Galatians 2:15
  We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
• Galatians 4:8
  Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 2:3
  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

James

• James 3:7
  For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 1:4
  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).