2001 Translation

PSYCHĒS, psychēs

Sounds Like: psy-KHES

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

From the root: ΨΥΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the soul, life, mind, or self. It can denote the vital breath, the seat of emotions and intellect, or the individual person. As a genitive form, it typically indicates possession, origin, or relationship, often translated with 'of' in English.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5590 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 16:1

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:2, 1:5, 1:16, 1:170, 1:178, 1:234, 1:236, 1:261

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 3:5, 5:5, 5:13, 19:6, 19:8

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:6, 11:29
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:4

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 16:12, 19:3, 29:1, 55:6

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 22:4
• Numbers — 19:11, 19:13
• Deuteronomy — 30:2, 30:6, 30:10
• Esther — 7:7, 9:16
• Judith — 11:7, 11:8, 13:20
• Tobit — 12:10
• 1 Maccabees — 2:40, 8:27, 12:51, 13:5
• 4 Maccabees — 1:26, 1:28, 2:1, 3:3, 8:29, 13:15, 13:20, 14:6, 15:4
• Psalms — 9:24, 48:9, 53:6, 68:2, 108:20
• Proverbs — 6:16, 7:23, 13:8, 16:24, 22:20
• Job — 2:4, 7:11, 10:1, 21:25, 24:7, 33:18
• Wisdom — 8:19, 9:3, 10:7, 15:8, 17:8, 17:14
• Sirach — 4:6, 4:20, 4:22, 6:2, 7:11, 14:4, 18:14, 18:29, 19:16, 26:14, 26:15, 31:28, 31:29, 45:23
• Isaiah — 10:18, 38:15, 53:11, 58:10
• Jeremiah — 2:24, 4:10, 18:20
• Lamentations — 2:19
• Jonah — 1:14, 2:6
• Haggai — 2:9
• Matthew — 16:26
• Mark — 8:37, 12:30
• Acts of the Apostles — 27:22
• Romans — 16:4
• Ephesians — 6:6
• Colossians — 3:23
• Hebrews — 6:19, 10:39
• 1 Peter — 2:11
• Revelation — 18:14
• Epistle of Barnabas — 3:5, 5:5, 5:13, 19:6, 19:8

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 25:203
• Book Two — 25:203

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 2:9, 6:159
• Book 4 — 6:153, 8:219, 8:278, 8:291, 8:298
• Book 6 — 8:161, 11:215, 11:230, 11:240, 14:334
• Book 8 — 12:300
• Book 10 — 3:42, 4:53, 10:203
• Book 11 — 6:241, 6:278
• Book 13 — 6:198, 6:199, 14:381
• Book 14 — 4:67
• Book 15 — 3:60, 6:190, 6:194
• Book 16 — 3:75, 10:330, 11:380, 11:403
• Book 17 — 5:134, 6:177, 10:278
• Book 18 — 5:117, 6:144, 9:358
• Book 19 — 1:141, 1:150, 6:314
• Book 20 — 4:84

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 5:11, 25:27, 27:12, 32:10
• Book Two — 8:20, 8:42, 8:49, 18:20, 20:25, 21:4
• Book Three — 1:3, 7:81, 7:137, 8:39
• Book Four — 3:73
• Book Five — 5:39
• Book Six — 1:13, 1:62, 1:81, 3:18, 6:17
• Book Seven — 8:89, 11:15

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 21:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:4, 5:4, 13:7, 15:6, 105:3, 134:5

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 14:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 5:4, 13:1, 17:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 9:4, 9:12, 9:15, 9:16, 42:21, 44:30
• Exodus — 21:23, 21:30, 30:12
• Leviticus — 11:10, 11:46, 17:11, 22:4, 24:18, 27:2
• Numbers — 6:11, 15:28, 19:11, 19:13, 30:3, 30:5, 30:6, 30:7, 30:8, 30:9, 30:10, 30:11, 30:12, 30:13, 35:30, 35:31
• Deuteronomy — 4:29, 6:5, 10:12, 11:13, 12:20, 12:21, 13:3, 13:6, 19:21, 26:16, 30:2, 30:6, 30:10
• Joshua — 22:5
• 2 Samuel — 14:7
• 1 Kings — 2:23, 21:39, 21:42
• 2 Kings — 10:24
• 2 Chronicles — 15:12, 15:15, 31:21
• Judith — 11:7, 11:8, 13:20
• Tobit — 12:10
• 1 Maccabees — 2:40, 8:27, 12:51, 13:5
• 3 Maccabees — 4:4, 5:42
• 4 Maccabees — 1:26, 1:28, 2:1, 3:3, 8:29, 10:4, 13:15, 13:20, 14:6, 15:4
• Psalms — 9:24, 20:3, 48:9, 53:6, 68:2, 108:20
• Psalms of Solomon — 2:27, 6:8, 9:7, 9:9, 9:19
• Odes — 5:6, 7:14
• Proverbs — 6:16, 7:23, 13:8, 16:24, 22:20
• Job — 2:4, 7:11, 10:1, 21:25, 24:7, 33:18
• Wisdom — 8:19, 9:3, 10:7, 15:8, 17:8, 17:15
• Sirach — 4:6, 4:20, 4:22, 6:2, 7:11, 14:4, 18:30, 19:16, 26:14, 26:15, 34:28, 34:29, 45:23
• Isaiah — 10:18, 38:14, 53:10, 58:10
• Jeremiah — 2:24, 4:10, 18:20
• Lamentations — 2:19, 3:58
• Ezekiel — 16:5, 24:25, 25:6, 25:15
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:34
• Micah — 6:7, 7:3
• Jonah — 1:14, 2:6
• Haggai — 2:9
• Enoch — 16:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 9 — 1:2, 1:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 16:26
• Mark — 8:37, 12:30
• Acts — 27:22
• Romans — 16:4
• Ephesians — 6:6
• Colossians — 3:23
• Hebrews — 4:12, 6:19, 10:39
• 1 Peter — 2:11
• Revelation — 18:14

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
• ΨΥΧΗΝ — soul, a soul, life, a life, mind, a mind, self, 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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