ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΕ, φιλοψυχε
PHILOPSYCHE, philopsyche
Sounds Like: fee-loh-PSY-kheh
Translations: life-loving, loving one's life, fond of life, self-preserving
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who loves their own life or is fond of life, often implying a desire for self-preservation. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'ψυχή' (psyche), meaning 'soul' or 'life'. It can be used to characterize a person's disposition or actions.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5381 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 11:26
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 11:26
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΨΥΧΟΣ — loving one's life, fond of life, cowardly
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