🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G5590
G5590

ψυχή

psychḗ [psoo-khay'] Noun
Core meaningsoul

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G5590

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

KJV usage: :--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

breath; the principle of animal life; the life, Mt. 2:20; 6:25; Mk. 3:4; Lk. 21:19; Jn. 10:11; an inanimate being, 1 Cor. 15:45; a human individual, soul, Acts 2:41; 3:23; 7:14; 27:37; Rom. 13:1; 1 Pet. 3:20; the immaterial soul, Mt. 10:28; 1 Pet. 1:9; 2:11, 25; 4:19; the soul as the seat of religious and moral sentiment, Mt. 11:29; Acts 14:2, 22; 15:24; Eph. 6:6; the soul, as a seat of feeling, Mt. 12:18; 26:38; the soul, the inner self, Lk. 12:19

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