ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΟΣ, φιλοψυχος
PHILOPSYCHOS, philopsychos
Sounds Like: fee-loh-PSY-khos
Translations: loving one's life, fond of life, cowardly
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'ψυχή' (psyche), meaning 'soul' or 'life'. It describes someone who is fond of their own life or soul, often to the point of being overly cautious or cowardly, especially in situations of danger. It implies a reluctance to risk one's life.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5381 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:127
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΕ — life-loving, loving one's life, fond of life, self-preserving
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.