Vocabulary Form
ψυχή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

soul, life, self

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ψυχη
Frequency
103
GK
6034
Cognates

Psychology is the study of a person's self.

Mnemonic Singing

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation;
Oh, my soul, praise Him
for He is thy health and salvation.

Song

Biblical Concordance

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.”