2001 Translation

PSYCHĒN, psychēn

Sounds Like: PSY-khen

Translations: soul, a soul, life, a life, mind, a mind, self, a self

From the root: ΨΥΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the soul, the principle of life, or the inner self. It can denote a person's life, their mind, or their spiritual essence. It is often used to describe the seat of emotions, desires, and affections, and can also refer to the individual person themselves.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5590 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:14, 1:17, 1:108, 1:139, 1:147, 1:161, 1:214, 1:273, 1:282, 1:292

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 1:4, 3:1, 3:5, 4:6, 6:11, 19:5, 20:1

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:16, 5:14, 10:11, 10:34
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:3, 1:6

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 49:6

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 22:11
• Judges — 5:18, 9:17
• Judith — 10:15, 16:9
• Tobit — 1:11, 8:20
• 1 Maccabees — 10:33
• 4 Maccabees — 1:20, 6:29, 7:4, 9:25
• Psalms — 6:5, 7:3, 10:5, 15:10, 16:9, 16:13, 21:21, 22:3, 23:4, 24:1, 24:20, 25:9, 29:4, 30:8, 30:14, 34:4, 34:7, 34:13, 34:17, 37:13, 38:12, 39:15, 40:5, 41:5, 48:16, 53:5, 54:19, 55:14, 56:2, 56:5, 56:7, 58:4, 62:10, 63:2, 65:9, 68:11, 70:9, 70:10, 70:13, 73:19, 85:2, 85:4, 85:13, 85:14, 87:15, 88:49, 93:21, 106:9, 108:31, 114:4, 114:8, 119:2, 120:7, 130:2, 140:8, 141:5, 141:8, 142:3, 142:8, 142:11, 142:12
• Proverbs — 1:19, 6:30, 10:3, 13:3, 13:25, 14:25, 15:32, 16:17, 19:16, 19:19, 20:2, 21:23, 22:5, 22:9, 22:23, 23:14, 29:10, 29:24
• Ecclesiastes — 4:8
• Job — 2:6, 7:15, 13:14, 19:2, 21:8, 27:2, 31:39, 33:28, 33:30
• Wisdom — 1:4, 1:11, 4:11, 9:15, 10:16, 10:19, 15:11, 15:14, 16:14
• Sirach — 2:1, 4:2, 6:32, 7:17, 7:20, 7:26, 9:2, 9:6, 10:28, 10:29, 12:11, 14:16, 19:4, 20:22, 21:28, 24:1, 27:16, 29:15, 30:21, 30:23, 34:17, 37:8, 37:12, 37:27, 39:1, 40:29, 51:3, 51:20
• Isaiah — 5:14, 24:7, 38:17, 42:25, 44:20, 47:14, 49:7, 58:5, 58:10
• Jeremiah — 3:11, 4:30, 11:21, 12:7, 20:13, 22:25, 25:17, 28:6, 38:14, 38:25, 45:16, 47:14, 47:15, 51:30, 51:35
• Lamentations — 0:11, 0:16
• Jonah — 2:8, 4:3
• Habakkuk — 3:2
• Matthew — 2:20, 10:28, 10:39, 16:25, 20:28
• Mark — 3:4, 8:35, 8:36, 10:45
• Luke — 2:35, 6:9, 9:24, 12:20, 17:33
• John — 10:11, 10:15, 10:17, 10:24, 12:25, 13:38, 15:13
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:27, 20:24
• Romans — 11:3
• 1 Corinthians — 15:45
• 2 Corinthians — 1:23
• James — 5:20
• 2 Peter — 2:8
• 1 John — 3:16
• Jude — 1:15
• Revelation — 8:9, 12:11
• Epistle of Barnabas — 1:4, 3:1, 3:3, 4:6, 6:11, 19:5, 19:10, 20:1
• Shepherd of Hermas — 30:2, 66:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:164, 22:187, 22:201, 25:202
• Book Two — 25:202

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:34, 1:46, 12:218, 13:231
• Book 2 — 13:290
• Book 3 — 8:208, 11:260
• Book 4 — 8:278
• Book 5 — 2:147
• Book 6 — 1:3, 13:287, 13:317, 14:329, 14:330, 14:332
• Book 7 — 1:39, 11:275, 13:325
• Book 8 — 8:225, 13:325, 13:326
• Book 9 — 6:119
• Book 10 — 2:26
• Book 11 — 1:3, 5:165, 6:256
• Book 12 — 11:430
• Book 13 — 11:317
• Book 14 — 13:369
• Book 15 — 7:212
• Book 16 — 7:211, 10:301
• Book 17 — 6:178, 9:238
• Book 18 — 9:333
• Book 19 — 1:56, 1:107
• Book 20 — 4:83

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:12, 22:29, 33:13, 34:1, 34:4
• Book Two — 2:18, 8:25, 8:47, 10:18, 16:45
• Book Three — 1:2, 8:23
• Book Four — 3:44, 3:71
• Book Five — 12:36
• Book Six — 1:19, 1:38, 1:66, 3:7, 5:39
• Book Seven — 8:104, 9:10

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 50:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:10
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:5, 2:4, 6:2, 14:2, 15:4, 15:6, 36:3, 39:1, 56:20, 98:5, 105:1, 105:2, 105:3, 105:4, 114:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 42:209, 62:323, 65:355, 75:420

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 6:5

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 6:2, 12:4, 15:1, 16:2, 17:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:21, 1:24, 1:30, 2:7, 2:19, 9:5, 12:5, 19:17, 19:19, 35:18, 37:21
• Exodus — 4:19, 15:9, 21:23, 23:9
• Leviticus — 17:10, 20:6, 22:11, 24:17, 24:18, 26:16
• Numbers — 30:14, 31:28, 35:11, 35:15, 35:30
• Deuteronomy — 4:9, 11:18, 19:6, 19:11, 19:21, 22:26, 23:25, 24:6, 24:7, 27:25, 28:65
• Joshua — 2:13, 20:3, 20:9
• Judges — 5:18, 9:17, 12:3, 18:25
• Ruth — 4:15
• 1 Samuel — 1:15, 2:33, 19:5, 19:11, 20:1, 20:17, 23:20, 24:10, 24:12, 25:29, 26:20, 28:9, 28:21
• 2 Samuel — 4:8, 4:9, 5:8, 14:14, 16:11, 17:3, 19:5
• 1 Kings — 1:12, 1:29, 16:33, 19:2, 19:3, 19:4, 19:10, 19:14
• 2 Kings — 7:7
• 2 Chronicles — 1:11
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:21
• Judith — 10:15, 16:9
• Tobit — 1:11, 1:11, 8:20
• 1 Maccabees — 10:33
• 2 Maccabees — 3:16, 6:30, 7:12, 14:38
• 3 Maccabees — 6:6
• 4 Maccabees — 1:20, 6:29, 7:4, 9:25
• Psalms — 6:5, 7:3, 7:6, 10:5, 15:10, 16:9, 16:13, 21:21, 22:3, 23:4, 24:1, 24:20, 25:9, 27:3, 29:4, 30:8, 30:14, 34:4, 34:7, 34:13, 34:17, 37:13, 38:12, 39:15, 40:5, 41:5, 48:16, 53:5, 54:19, 55:14, 56:5, 56:7, 58:4, 62:10, 63:2, 65:9, 68:11, 69:3, 70:10, 70:13, 73:19, 85:2, 85:4, 85:13, 85:14, 88:49, 93:19, 93:21, 105:15, 106:9, 108:31, 114:4, 114:8, 119:2, 120:7, 130:2, 140:8, 141:5, 141:8, 142:8, 142:11, 142:12
• Psalms of Solomon — 3:9, 4:19, 5:14, 9:12, 12:1, 12:6, 16:1, 16:3, 16:12, 16:14, 18:5
• Odes — 1:9, 5:8, 6:2, 7:17, 14:40
• Proverbs — 1:19, 6:30, 10:3, 13:3, 13:19, 13:25, 14:25, 16:3, 16:17, 19:13, 19:16, 20:2, 21:23, 22:5, 22:9, 22:23, 23:14, 29:10, 29:24
• Ecclesiastes — 4:8
• Job — 2:6, 7:15, 13:14, 19:2, 21:8, 27:2, 31:39, 33:28, 33:30
• Wisdom — 1:4, 1:11, 4:11, 9:15, 10:16, 15:11, 15:14, 16:14
• Sirach — 2:1, 4:2, 6:32, 7:17, 7:20, 7:26, 9:2, 9:6, 10:28, 10:29, 12:11, 14:9, 14:16, 16:30, 19:4, 20:22, 21:27, 21:28, 24:1, 27:16, 29:15, 30:21, 30:23, 31:20, 37:8, 37:12, 37:27, 39:1, 40:29, 51:3, 51:20
• Isaiah — 5:14, 24:7, 38:17, 42:25, 44:20, 47:14, 49:7, 58:5, 58:10
• Jeremiah — 3:11, 4:30, 11:21, 12:7, 20:13, 22:25, 25:17, 28:6, 38:14, 38:25, 45:16, 47:14, 47:15, 51:30, 51:35
• Lamentations — 1:11, 1:16, 3:17, 3:51
• Ezekiel — 3:19, 3:21, 18:27, 33:5, 33:6, 33:9, 44:25
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:30, 13:55
• Amos — 2:14, 2:15
• Jonah — 2:8, 4:3, 4:8
• Habakkuk — 2:5, 3:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 3:7
• Parable 7 — 1:4
• Parable 9 — 5:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 2:20, 10:28, 10:39, 16:25, 16:26, 20:28
• Mark — 3:4, 8:35, 8:36, 10:45
• Luke — 2:35, 6:9, 9:24, 12:20, 14:26, 17:33
• John — 10:11, 10:15, 10:17, 10:24, 12:25, 13:37, 13:38, 15:13
• Acts — 2:27, 20:24
• Romans — 2:9, 11:3
• 1 Corinthians — 15:45
• 2 Corinthians — 1:23
• James — 5:20
• 2 Peter — 2:8
• 1 John — 3:16
• Revelation — 12:11

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 2:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΨΥΧΗ.

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.

• ΗΨΥΧΗ — the soul, a soul, the life, a life, the mind, a mind, the spirit, a spirit
• ΤΑΣΨΥΧΑΣ — the souls, souls
• ΤΗΣΨΥΧΗΣ — of the soul, of the life, of the spirit, of the mind
• ΥΧΑΙΣ — (to) souls, (to) lives, (to) minds, (to) hearts, (to) spirits
• ΥΧΙ — soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life
• ΨΗΧΗ — soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life
• ΨΙΥΧΗ — soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life, a mind, a heart
• ΨΥ — soul, life, mind, spirit, a soul, a life
• ΨΥΑΙ — souls, lives, spirits
• ΨΥΧΑΙ — souls, lives, minds, hearts, a soul, a life, a mind, a heart
• ΨΥΧΑΙΣ — souls, lives, minds, hearts, persons
• ΨΥΧΑΝ — soul, a soul, life, a life, mind, a mind, heart, a heart, spirit, a spirit, person, a person
• ΨΥΧΑΣ — souls, lives, minds
• ΨΥΧΕΣ — souls, lives, minds, hearts, spirits
• ΨΥΧΗ — soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life
• ΨΥΧΗΣ — of soul, of a soul, of life, of a life, of mind, of a mind, of self, of a self
• ΨΥΧΙ — to soul, to life, to mind, to spirit, to self, for soul, for life, for mind, for spirit, for self
• ΨΥΧΙΚΟΝ — natural, soulish, sensual, unspiritual, a natural thing
• ΨΥΧΥΧΗ — soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life, a mind, a heart
• ΨΥΧΩΝ — of souls, of lives, of spirits, of minds, of breaths
• ΨΥΧ‾Η‾ — soul, a soul, life, a life, mind, heart, a heart
• ΨΥΨΑΙ — souls, lives, minds

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