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

1 Peter 1:9 because you are obtaining the goal of your faith — the salvation of your souls (psychōn | ψυχῶν | gen pl fem).
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) by obedience to the truth so that there is a sincere love for other believers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,
1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from desires of the flesh, which wage war against your soul (psychēs | ψυχῆς | gen sg fem),
1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep, going astray, but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls (psychōn | ψυχῶν | gen pl fem).
1 Peter 3:20 who once were disobedient when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being built, in which a few, that is eight souls (psychai | ψυχαί | nom pl fem), were brought safely through water.
1 Peter 4:19 So then, let those who are suffering according to the will of God by doing good entrust their souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) to a faithful Creator.
2 Peter 2:8 (for while that righteous man was living among them day after day, he was tormented in his righteous soul (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) by the lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
2 Peter 2:14 They have eyes full of adultery that do not stop sinning. They seduce unstable souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) and have hearts well trained in greed. Accursed brood!
1 John 3:16 By this we have come to know love: that he laid down his life (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) on our behalf. And we are obligated to lay down our lives (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) for the brothers.
3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that in every way you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) is prospering.
Jude 1:15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) of all their ungodly acts that they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Revelation 6:9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
Revelation 8:9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives (psychēn | ψυχήν | acc sg fem) even to death.
Revelation 16:3 The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood like that of a corpse, and every living creature (psychē | ψυχή | nom sg fem) in the sea died.
Revelation 18:13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; and slaves, that is, human livestock (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem).
Revelation 18:14 “The fruit that your soul (psychēs | ψυχῆς | gen sg fem) longed for has gone from you, and all your delicacies and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found again!”
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and seated on them were those who had been given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls (psychas | ψυχάς | acc pl fem) of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.