Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G5591
sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from , which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from , which is the lower or bestial nature)
KJV usage: :--natural, sensual.
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
pertaining to the life or soul; in NT animal, as distinguished from spiritual subsistence, 1 Cor. 15:44, 46; occupied with mere animal things, animal, sensual, 1 Cor. 2:14; Jas. 3:15; Jude 19*
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