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Lexicon :: Strong's G5590 - psychē

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ψυχή
Transliteration
psychē (Key)
Pronunciation
psoo-khay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 9:608,1342

Strong’s Definitions

ψυχή psychḗ, psoo-khay'; from G5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416):—heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x

The KJV translates Strong's G5590 in the following manner: soul (58x), life (40x), mind (3x), heart (1x), heartily (with G1537) (1x), not translated (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x
The KJV translates Strong's G5590 in the following manner: soul (58x), life (40x), mind (3x), heart (1x), heartily (with G1537) (1x), not translated (2x).
  1. breath

    1. the breath of life

      1. the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing

        1. of animals

        2. of men

    2. life

    3. that in which there is life

      1. a living being, a living soul

  2. the soul

    1. the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)

    2. the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life

    3. the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ψυχή psychḗ, psoo-khay'; from G5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416):—heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
STRONGS G5590:
ψυχή, ψυχῆς, (ψύχω, to breathe, blow), from Homer down, the Sept. times too many to count for נֶפֶשׁ, occasionally also for לֵב and לֵבָב;
1. breath (Latin anima), i. e.
a. the breath of life; the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing: Acts 20:10; of animals, Revelation 8:9 (Genesis 9:4; Genesis 35:18; ἐπιστραφήτω ψυχή τοῦ παιδαρίου, 1 Kings 17:21); so also in those passages where, in accordance with the trichotomy or threefold division of human nature by the Greeks, ψυχή; is distinguished from τό πνεῦμα (see πνευαμ, 2, p. 520a (and references under the word πνεῦμα 5)), 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12.
b. life: μέριμναν τῇ ψυχή, Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:22; τήν ψυχήν ἀγαπᾶν, Revelation 12:11; (μισεῖν, Luke 14:26); τιθέναι, John 10:11, 15, 17; John 13:37; John 15:13; 1 John 3:16; παραδιδόναι, Acts 15:26; διδόναι (λύτρον, which see), Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; ζητεῖν τήν ψυχήν τίνος (see ζητέω, 1 a.), Matthew 2:20; Romans 11:3; add, Matthew 6:25; Mark 3:4; Luke 6:9; Luke 12:20, 23; Acts 20:24; Acts 27:10, 22; Romans 16:4; 2 Corinthians 1:23; Philippians 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; in the pointed aphorisms of Christ, intended to fix themselves in the minds of his hearers, the phrases εὑρίσκειν, σῴζειν, ἀπολλύναι τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, etc., designate as ψυχή in one of the antithetic members the life which is lived on earth, in the other, the (blessed) life in the eternal kingdom of God: Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35-37; Luke 9:24, 56 Rec.; Luke 17:33; John 12:25; the life destined to enjoy the Messianic salvation is meant also in the following phrases ((where R. V. soul)): περιποίησις ψυχῆς, Hebrews 10:39; κτᾶσθαι τάς ψυχάς, Luke 21:19; ὑπέρ τῶν ψυχῶν (here A. V. (not R. V.) for you; cf. c. below), 2 Corinthians 12:15.
c. that in which there is life; a living being: ψυχή ζῶσα, a living soul, 1 Corinthians 15:45; (Revelation 16:3 R Tr marginal reading) (Genesis 2:7; plural Genesis 1:20); πᾶσα ψυχή ζωῆς, Revelation 16:3 (G L T Tr text WH) (Leviticus 11:10); πᾶσα ψυχή, every soul, i. e. everyone, Acts 2:43; Acts 3:23; Romans 13:1 (so כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ, Leviticus 7:17 (27); Lev. 17:12); with ἀνθρώπου added, every soul of man (אָדָם נֶפֶשׁ, Numbers 31:40, 46 (cf. 1 Macc. 2:38)), Romans 2:9. ψυχαί, souls (like the Latin capita) i. e. persons (in enumerations; cf. German Seelenzahl): Acts 2:41; Acts 7:14; Acts 27:37; 1 Peter 3:20 (Genesis 46:15, 18, 22, 26, 27; Exodus 1:5; Exodus 12:4; Leviticus 2:1; Numbers 19:11, 13, 18; (Deuteronomy 10:22); the examples from Greek authors (cf. Passow, under the word, 2, vol. ii, p. 2590b) are of a different sort (yet cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2)); ψυχαί ἀνθρώπων of slaves (A. V. souls of men (R. V. with marginal reading 'Or lives')), Revelation 18:13 (so (Numbers 31:35); Ezekiel 27:13; see σῶμα, 1 c. (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 22, 7 N. 3)).
2. the soul (Latin animus),
a. the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our soul, heart, etc. (R. V. almost uniformly soul); for examples from Greek writings see Passow, under the word, 2, vol. ii., p. 2589b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 3); Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ, cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus ii, p. 901 in 3): Luke 1:46; Luke 2:35; John 10:24 (cf. αἴρω, 1 b.); Acts 14:2, 22; Acts 15:24; Hebrews 6:19; 2 Peter 2:8, 14; ἐπιθυμία τῆς ψυχῆς, Revelation 18:14; ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς εὑρίσκειν, Matthew 11:29; ψυχή,... ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε (WH brackets these three imperatives), εὐφραίνου (personification and direct address), Luke 12:19, cf. Luke 12:18 ( ψυχή ἀναπαύσεται, Xenophon, Cyril 6, 2, 28; ἐυφραίνειν τήν ψυχήν, Aelian v. h. 1, 32); εὐδοκεῖ ψυχή μου (anthropopathically, of God), Matthew 12:18; Hebrews 10:38; περίλυπος ἐστιν ψυχή μου, Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34; ψυχή μου τετάρακται, John 12:27; ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἀκλυόμενοι (fainting in your souls (cf. ἐκλύω, 2 b.)), Hebrews 12:3; ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχή σου, with all thy soul, Matthew 22:37; (Luke 10:27 L text T Tr WH); ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου (Latin ex toto animo), with (literally, from (cf. ἐκ, II. 12 b.)) all thy soul, Mark 12:30, 33 (here T WH omit; L Tr marginal reading brackets the phrase); Luke 10:27 (R G) (Deuteronomy 6:5; (Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 18 (cf. Xenophon, anab. 7, 7, 43)); Antoninus 3, 4; (especially 4, 31; 12, 29); ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχή φροντίζειν τίνος (rather, with κεχαρισθαι), Xenophon, mem. 3, 11, 10); μία ψυχή, with one soul (cf. πνεῦμα, 2, p. 520a bottom), Philippians 1:27; τοῦ πλήθους... ἦν καρδία καί ψυχή μία, Acts 4:32 (ἐρωτηθεις τί ἐστι φίλος, ἔφη. μία ψυχή δύο σώμασιν ἐνοικουσα, (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 20 (cf. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 9, 8, 2, p. 1168b, 7; on the elliptical ἀπό μιᾶς (namely, ψυχῆς?), see ἀπό, III.)); ἐκ ψυχῆς, from the heart, heartily (Ephesians 6:6 (Tr WH with Ephesians 6:7)); Colossians 3:23 (ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς often in Xenophon; τό ἐκ ψυχῆς πένθος, Josephus, Antiquities 17, 6, 5).
b. the (human) soul in so far as it is so constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life: 3 John 1:2; ἀγρύπνειν ὑπέρ τῶν ψυχῶν, Hebrews 13:17; ἐπιθυμίαι, αἵτινες στρατεύονται κατά τῆς ψυχῆς, 1 Peter 2:11; ἐπίσκοπος τῶν ψυχῶν, 1 Peter 2:25; σῴζειν τάς ψυχάς, James 1:21; ψυχήν ἐκ θανάτου, from eternal death, James 5:20; σωτηρία ψυχῶν, 1 Peter 1:9; ἁγνίζειν τάς ψυχάς ἑαυτῶν, 1 Peter 1:22; (τάς ψυχάς πιστῷ κτίστῃ παρατίθεσθαι, 1 Peter 4:19).
c. the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from τό σῶμα, as the other part of human nature (so in Greek writings from Isocrates and Xenophon down; cf. examples in Passow, under the word, p. 2589{a} bottom; Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2)): Matthew 10:28, cf. 4 Macc. 13:14 (it is called ἀθάνατος, Herodotus 2, 123; Plato Phaedr., p. 245 c., 246 a., others; ἄφθαρτος, Josephus, b. j. 2, 8, 14; διαλυθῆναι τήν ψυχήν ἀπό τοῦ σώματος, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 14); the soul freed from the body, a disembodied soul, Acts 2:27, 31 Rec.; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 20:4 (Wis. 3:1; (on the Homeric use of the word, see Ebeling, Lex. Homer, under the word, 3, and references at the end, also Proudfit in Bib. Sacr. for 1858, pp. 753-805)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:20; 2:7; 9:4; 35:18; 46:15; 46:18; 46:22; 46:26; 46:27
Exodus
1:5; 12:4
Leviticus
2:1; 7:17; 11:10; 17:12
Numbers
19:11; 19:13; 19:18; 31:35; 31:40; 31:46
Deuteronomy
6:5; 10:22
1 Kings
17:21
Ezekiel
27:13
Matthew
2:20; 6:25; 6:25; 10:4; 10:28; 10:39; 11:29; 12:18; 16:25; 20:28; 22:37; 26:38
Mark
3:4; 8:35; 8:36; 8:37; 10:45; 12:30; 12:33; 14:34
Luke
1:46; 2:35; 6:9; 9:24; 9:56; 10:27; 10:27; 12:18; 12:19; 12:20; 12:22; 12:23; 14:26; 17:33; 21:19
John
10:11; 10:15; 10:17; 10:24; 12:25; 12:27; 13:37; 15:13
Acts
2:27; 2:31; 2:41; 2:43; 3:23; 4:32; 7:14; 14:2; 14:22; 15:24; 15:26; 20:10; 20:24; 27:10; 27:22; 27:37
Romans
2:9; 11:3; 13:1; 16:4
1 Corinthians
15:45
2 Corinthians
1:23; 12:15
Ephesians
6:6; 6:7
Philippians
1:27; 2:30
Colossians
3:23
1 Thessalonians
2:8; 5:23
Hebrews
4:12; 6:19; 10:38; 10:39; 12:3; 13:17
James
1:21; 5:20
1 Peter
1:9; 1:22; 2:11; 2:25; 3:20; 4:19
2 Peter
2:8; 2:14
1 John
3:16
3 John
1:2
Revelation
6:9; 8:9; 12:11; 16:3; 16:3; 18:13; 18:14; 20:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5590 matches the Greek ψυχή (psychē),
which occurs 105 times in 95 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 2:20–Act 14:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, G5590 what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life G5590 more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: G5590 but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul G5590 and body in hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:39 - He that findeth his life G5590 shall lose it: and he that loseth his life G5590 for my sake shall find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul G5590 is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 - For whosoever will save his life G5590 shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life G5590 for my sake shall find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? G5590 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life G5590 a ransom for many.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, G5590 and with all thy mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:38 - Then saith he unto them, My soul G5590 is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, G5590 or to kill? But they held their peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:35 - For whosoever will save his life G5590 shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life G5590 for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:37 - Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:45 - For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life G5590 a ransom for many.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, G5590 and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:33 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, G5590 and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:34 - And saith unto them, My soul G5590 is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:46 - And Mary said, My soul G5590 doth magnify the Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:35 - (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul G5590 also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:9 - Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, G5590 or to destroy it?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:24 - For whosoever will save his life G5590 shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life G5590 for my sake, the same shall save it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56 - For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, G5590 but to save them. And they went to another village.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, G5590 and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - And I will say to my soul, G5590 Soul, G5590 thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul G5590 shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, G5590 what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:23 - The life G5590 is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life G5590 also, he cannot be my disciple.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - Whosoever shall seek to save his life G5590 shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19 - In your patience possess ye your souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life G5590 for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:15 - As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life G5590 for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:17 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, G5590 that I might take it again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:24 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? G5590 If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - He that loveth his life G5590 shall lose it; and he that hateth his life G5590 in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:27 - Now is my soul G5590 troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:37 - Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life G5590 for thy sake.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life G5590 for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life G5590 for his friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - Because thou wilt not leave my soul G5590 in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:31 - He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul G5590 was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - And fear came upon every soul: G5590 and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:23 - And it shall come to pass, that every soul, G5590 which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: G5590 neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:14 - Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds G5590 evil affected against the brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - Confirming the souls G5590 of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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