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Strong's G5590 · Greek

ψυχή

psuche · psoo-khay'

from 5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms th


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ψυχή (G5590)

103 ψυχή , -ῆς, ἡ , [in LXX very freq. for נֶפֶשׁ , sometimes for לֵבַב ,לֵב , etc. ;] breath (Lat. anima ), breath of life, life (Hom., al.; in Arist., of the vital principle ): Mt 6:25 , Mk 3:4 10:45 , Lk 12:22 , Jo 10:11 , Ac 20:10 , 24 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 2:30 , I Th 2:8 , al. the soul , as the seat of the will, desires and affections: Mt 26:38 , Mk 12:30 (LXX) 14:34 , Lk 1:46 , Jo 10:24 , Ac 14:2 , Phl 1:27 , al.; ἐκ ψυχῆς , from the heart , heartily : Eph 6:6 , Col 3:23 ; as a periphrasis for person or self (freq. in translation from Semitic originals, v. M, Pr. , 87; Robinson, Gospels , 113 ff.; but also freq. in cl., v. LS, s.v. II, 2; Edwards, Lex. , App. A.): Mt 11:29 , Mk 8:36 , Ac 2:41 , Ro 2:9 , I Pe 3:20 , al.; πᾶσα ψ. , Ac 2:43 3:23 (LXX), Ro 13:1 ; ψ. ζῶσα (ζωῆς) , I Co 15:45 , Re 16:3 ; as the object of divine grace and eternal salvation: He 13:17 , Ja 1:21 5:20 , I Pe 1:9 , 22 2:11 4:19 , III Jo 2 . SYN. : v.s. νοῦς , πνεῦμα , ψυχικός , and cf. ICC on I Th 5:23 , Lft., Notes , 88 f.

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