James 3:15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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Sensual
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Jude 1:19
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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ψυχικός
psychikós · psoo-khee-kos'
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature)
Strong's KJV usage: :--natural, sensual.
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Strong's first: James 3:15Strong's last: Jude 1:19
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G5591
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
G5591
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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sensual
SENSUAL, adjective [from Latin sensus.]
Pertaining to the senses, as distinct from the mind or soul.
Far as creation's ample range extends.
The scale of sensual, mental pow'rs ascends. Pope.
2. Consisting in sense, or depending on it; as sensual appetites, hunger, lust, etc.
3. Affecting the senses, or derived from them; as sensual pleasure or gratification. Hence,
4. In theology, carnal; pertaining to the flesh or body, in opposition to the spirit; not spiritual or holy; evil.
5. Devoted to the gratification of sense; given to the indulgence of the appetites; sewd; luxurious.
No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that on wich sensual men place their felicity. Atterbury.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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