Gloss
life, soul; heart, mind; a person; the immaterial (and eternal) part of inner person, often meaning the animate self, which can be translated by pronouns: my soul = I, myself
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ψυχή, -ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration
psychē
Simplified transliteration
psyche
Numbers
Strong's number
5590
GK Number
6034
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
103
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1b
Definition
, Mt. 2:20; 6:25; Mk. 3:4; Lk. 21:19; Jn. 10:11;
Greek-English Concordance for ψυχή
| Luke 12:22 | He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life (psychē | ψυχῇ | dat sg fem), what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear. |
| Luke 12:23 | For life (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem), he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 17:33 | Whoever tries to retain his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for himself will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. |
| Luke 21:19 | By your endurance you will gain your lives (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem). |
| John 10:11 | “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for the sheep. |
| John 10:15 | just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for my sheep. |
| John 10:17 | Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) in order that I may take it back again. |
| John 10:24 | The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How much longer will you provoke us to anger (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem)? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” |
| John 12:25 | The one who loves his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) loses it, and the one who hates his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) in this world preserves it for eternal life. |
| John 12:27 | “Now is my heart (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) deeply troubled. And what am I to say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? But for this very purpose I have come to this hour! |
| John 13:37 | Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for you.” |
| John 13:38 | Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow before you deny me three times. |
| John 15:13 | Greater love has no one than this, that a person lays down his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) for his friends. |
| Acts 2:27 | For you will not abandon my soul (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) to Hades, or allow your Holy One to see corruption. |
| Acts 2:41 | So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls (psychai | ψυχαί | nom pl fem). |
| Acts 2:43 | Fear came upon every soul (psychē | ψυχῇ | dat sg fem), and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. |
| Acts 3:23 | And it will be that every soul (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.’ |
| Acts 4:32 | Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem), and not even one said that anything that belonged to him was his own, but everything was common property for them. |
| Acts 7:14 | Then Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons (psychais | ψυχαῖς | dat pl fem). |
| Acts 14:2 | But the Jews who did not believe stirred up and embittered the minds (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) of the Gentiles against their brothers. |
| Acts 14:22 | strengthening the souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.” |
| Acts 15:24 | Since we have heard that some from among us have gone out and troubled you with their words, unsettling your minds (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) — we had given them no such instructions — |
| Acts 15:26 | men who have risked their lives (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Acts 20:10 | But Paul went down and threw himself on him, and putting his arms around him, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) is in him.” |
