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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 102 times in 92 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 2:20–Act 20:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life G5590 are dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - “For this reason I say to you, [fn]do not be worried about your [fn]life, G5590 as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life G5590 more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; G5590 but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul G5590 and body in [fn]hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:39 - “He who has found his [fn]life G5590 will lose it, and he who has lost his [fn]life G5590 for My sake will find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:29 - “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS G5590.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - “BEHOLD, MY [fn]SERVANT WHOM I [fn]HAVE CHOSEN;
MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL G5590 [fn]is WELL-PLEASED;
I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM,
AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM [fn]JUSTICE TO THE [fn]GENTILES.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 - “For whoever wishes to save his [fn]life G5590 will lose it; but whoever loses his [fn]life G5590 for My sake will find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? G5590 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His [fn]life G5590 a ransom for many.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL G5590, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:38 - Then He *said to them, “My soul G5590 is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life G5590 or to kill?” But they kept silent.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:35 - “For whoever wishes to save his [fn]life G5590 will lose it, but whoever loses his [fn]life G5590 for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:37 - “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:45 - “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His [fn]life G5590 a ransom for many.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL G5590, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:34 - And He *said to them, “My soul G5590 is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:46 - And Mary said:
“My soul G5590 [fn]exalts the Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:35 - and a sword will pierce even your own soul G5590—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:9 - And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life G5590 or to destroy it?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:24 - “For whoever wishes to save his [fn]life G5590 will lose it, but whoever loses his [fn]life G5590 for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL G5590, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - ‘And I will say to my soul, G5590 “Soul, G5590 you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night [fn]your soul G5590 is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, [fn]do not worry about your [fn]life, G5590 as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:23 - “For life G5590 is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not [fn]hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, G5590 he cannot be My disciple.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - “Whoever seeks to keep his [fn]life G5590 will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19 - “By your endurance you will gain your [fn]lives. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life G5590 for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:15 - even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life G5590 for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:17 - “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life G5590 so that I may take it again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:24 - The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long [fn]will You keep us in suspense? G5590 If You are [fn]the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - “He who loves his [fn]life G5590 loses it, and he who hates his [fn]life G5590 in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:27 - “Now My soul G5590 has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:37 - Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life G5590 for You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus *answered, “Will you lay down your life G5590 for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life G5590 for his friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL G5590 TO HADES,
NOR [fn]ALLOW YOUR [fn]HOLY ONE TO [fn]UNDERGO DECAY.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand [fn]souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - [fn]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and [fn]signs were taking place through the apostles.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:23 - ‘And it will be that every soul G5590 that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 - And the [fn]congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; G5590 and not one of them [fn]claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:14 - “Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five [fn]persons G5590 in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the Jews who [fn]disbelieved stirred up the [fn]minds G5590 of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - strengthening the souls G5590 of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:24 - “Since we have heard that some [fn]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls, G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:26 - men who have [fn]risked their lives G5590 for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:10 - But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said,[fn]Do not be troubled, for his life G5590 is in him.”

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