2001 Translation

PSYCHĒ, psychē

Sounds Like: Ps-oo-KHEE

Translations: soul, life, mind, heart, a soul, a life

From the root: ΨΥΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the soul, the animating principle of a human or animal, often considered the seat of emotions, desires, and affections. It can also denote life itself, the individual person, or the mind/inner self. It is used in various contexts to refer to the breath of life, the spiritual part of a human being, or simply one's existence.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5590 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 98:7

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:15, 1:228

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 4:2, 6:7, 11:5, 17:1, 19:3

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:10, 10:41, 10:67, 10:68, 10:69, 11:28

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 16:11, 16:13, 23:2, 23:3, 64:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 21:11, 22:3, 22:6
• Numbers — 6:6, 19:13, 19:20, 19:22
• Judges — 5:21, 10:16
• 1 Chronicles — 12:39, 15:29, 17:2
• Esther — 7:3
• Judith — 7:27, 8:24, 12:16, 14:19
• Tobit — 1:12, 3:1, 3:10, 13:6, 13:16, 14:11
• 1 Maccabees — 3:31
• 4 Maccabees — 3:15
• Psalms — 3:3, 6:4, 10:1, 12:3, 21:30, 24:13, 30:10, 32:20, 33:3, 34:3, 34:9, 34:12, 34:25, 37:8, 41:2, 41:3, 41:6, 41:7, 41:12, 42:5, 43:26, 48:19, 61:2, 61:6, 62:2, 62:6, 62:9, 65:16, 68:19, 68:33, 70:23, 76:3, 83:3, 87:4, 93:17, 102:1, 102:2, 102:22, 103:1, 103:35, 104:18, 106:5, 106:18, 106:26, 114:7, 118:20, 118:25, 118:28, 118:81, 118:109, 118:129, 118:167, 118:175, 119:6, 122:4, 123:4, 123:5, 123:7, 129:5, 129:6, 137:3, 138:14, 142:6, 145:1
• Proverbs — 2:10, 3:22, 6:21, 6:32, 11:17, 11:25, 12:14, 14:10, 18:7, 19:15, 19:18, 21:10, 22:25, 23:24, 24:14, 25:25, 26:25, 27:7, 27:9, 28:17, 29:17
• Ecclesiastes — 2:24, 6:2, 6:3, 6:7, 6:9, 7:28
• Song of Solomon — 1:7, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 6:12
• Job — 6:11, 9:21, 10:1, 12:10, 14:22, 16:4, 24:12, 27:4, 30:16, 33:20, 33:22, 33:30, 36:14, 41:13
• Wisdom — 4:14, 16:9
• Sirach — 1:30, 4:17, 5:2, 6:2, 6:4, 6:26, 7:21, 7:29, 9:9, 14:2, 16:17, 16:30, 18:31, 19:3, 23:6, 23:17, 23:18, 25:2, 31:20, 32:23, 33:32, 34:15, 37:12, 37:14, 37:19, 37:22, 37:28, 47:15, 50:25, 51:6, 51:19, 51:26, 51:29
• Isaiah — 1:14, 3:9, 7:2, 7:4, 10:7, 13:7, 26:9, 29:8, 33:18, 42:1, 44:19, 51:23, 53:10, 53:12, 55:2, 55:3, 56:11, 58:11, 61:10, 66:3
• Jeremiah — 4:19, 4:31, 5:9, 5:29, 6:8, 9:8, 13:17, 14:19, 15:1, 15:9, 21:9, 27:19, 38:12, 39:41, 41:16, 45:2, 45:17, 45:20, 46:18
• Habakkuk — 2:4, 2:10
• Haggai — 2:13
• Zechariah — 11:8
• Matthew — 6:25, 12:18, 22:37, 26:38
• Mark — 14:34
• Luke — 1:46, 10:27, 12:19, 12:22, 12:23
• John — 12:27
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:43, 3:23, 4:32, 20:10
• Romans — 13:1
• Philippians — 1:27, 2:30
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:23
• Hebrews — 10:38
• 3 John — 1:2
• Revelation — 16:3
• Epistle of Barnabas — 4:2, 6:7, 11:5, 17:1, 19:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 1:2, 11:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:181

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:102
• Book 4 — 8:329
• Book 6 — 11:211
• Book 15 — 7:251
• Book 16 — 8:260, 11:392
• Book 19 — 7:325

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 4:6
• Book Four — 3:88
• Book Six — 1:55
• Book Seven — 8:94, 8:97, 10:12

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 4:2, 5:1, 6:1, 6:2, 8:1, 10:3, 12:1, 13:6, 13:7, 14:4, 15:6, 17:2, 23:4, 56:21, 58:7, 63:5, 70:3, 126:3, 133:2, 135:2, 136:2

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:6, 6:7, 6:8, 6:9

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 12:3, 12:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 9:10, 12:13, 17:14, 19:20, 23:8, 27:4, 27:19, 27:25, 27:31, 32:30, 34:3, 34:8, 41:8, 44:30, 49:6
• Exodus — 12:15, 12:16, 12:19, 31:14, 35:21
• Leviticus — 2:1, 4:2, 4:27, 5:1, 5:2, 5:4, 5:15, 5:17, 6:2, 7:8, 7:10, 7:11, 7:15, 7:17, 17:4, 17:11, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 19:28, 20:6, 21:11, 22:3, 22:6, 23:29, 23:30, 26:11, 26:15, 26:30, 26:43
• Numbers — 5:2, 5:6, 6:6, 9:6, 9:7, 9:10, 9:13, 11:6, 15:27, 15:30, 15:31, 19:13, 19:20, 19:22, 21:5, 23:10
• Deuteronomy — 6:6, 12:20, 12:23, 14:25, 16:8, 18:6
• Joshua — 2:14, 23:14
• Judges — 5:21, 10:16, 16:30, 18:25
• 1 Samuel — 1:10, 1:26, 2:16, 2:35, 20:3, 20:4, 22:2, 22:23, 25:26, 25:29, 26:21, 26:24, 30:6
• 2 Samuel — 1:9, 3:21, 11:11, 14:19, 17:8, 18:13
• 1 Kings — 8:48, 11:37, 17:21, 21:32, 21:39, 21:42
• 2 Kings — 1:13, 1:14, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 4:27, 4:30, 6:11, 9:15, 10:24, 23:3, 23:25
• 1 Chronicles — 12:38, 15:29, 17:2, 22:7, 28:9
• 2 Chronicles — 6:38, 7:11, 9:1, 34:31, 35:19
• Esther — 7:3
• Judith — 7:27, 8:24, 12:4, 12:16, 14:19
• Tobit — 1:12, 1:12, 3:1, 3:10, 6:18, 13:6, 13:6, 13:7, 13:14, 13:15, 14:11, 14:11
• 1 Maccabees — 3:31
• 2 Maccabees — 1:3, 5:11, 15:30
• 3 Maccabees — 2:32
• 4 Maccabees — 3:15, 15:25
• Psalms — 3:3, 6:4, 10:1, 12:3, 21:30, 24:13, 30:10, 32:20, 33:3, 34:3, 34:9, 34:12, 34:25, 37:8, 41:2, 41:3, 41:6, 41:7, 41:12, 42:5, 43:26, 48:19, 55:7, 56:2, 61:2, 61:6, 62:2, 62:6, 62:9, 65:16, 68:19, 68:21, 70:23, 76:3, 83:3, 87:4, 93:17, 102:1, 102:2, 102:22, 103:1, 103:35, 104:18, 106:5, 106:18, 106:26, 114:7, 118:20, 118:25, 118:28, 118:81, 118:109, 118:129, 118:167, 118:175, 119:6, 122:4, 123:4, 123:5, 123:7, 129:5, 129:6, 137:3, 138:14, 142:6, 145:1
• Psalms of Solomon — 3:1, 4:15, 6:5, 16:2, 17:1, 17:19
• Odes — 9:39, 11:46
• Proverbs — 2:10, 3:22, 6:21, 6:32, 11:17, 11:25, 12:14, 14:10, 18:7, 19:12, 19:15, 21:10, 22:25, 23:24, 24:14, 25:25, 26:25, 27:7, 27:9, 28:17, 29:17
• Ecclesiastes — 2:24, 6:2, 6:3, 6:7, 6:9, 7:29
• Song of Solomon — 1:7, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 6:11
• Job — 6:11, 9:21, 10:1, 12:10, 14:22, 16:4, 24:12, 27:4, 30:16, 33:20, 33:22, 36:14, 41:12
• Wisdom — 4:14, 16:9
• Sirach — 1:30, 4:17, 5:2, 6:2, 6:4, 6:26, 7:21, 7:29, 9:9, 14:2, 16:17, 18:31, 19:3, 23:6, 23:16, 23:18, 25:2, 30:39, 31:17, 34:20, 35:23, 37:6, 37:12, 37:14, 37:19, 37:22, 37:28, 47:15, 50:25, 51:6, 51:19, 51:26, 51:29
• Isaiah — 1:14, 3:9, 7:2, 7:4, 10:7, 13:7, 15:4, 21:4, 26:9, 29:8, 33:18, 42:1, 44:19, 51:23, 53:10, 53:12, 55:2, 55:3, 56:11, 58:11, 61:10, 66:3
• Jeremiah — 4:19, 4:31, 5:9, 5:29, 6:8, 9:9, 13:17, 14:19, 15:1, 15:9, 21:9, 27:19, 38:12, 39:41, 41:16, 45:2, 45:17, 45:20, 46:18
• Lamentations — 3:20, 3:25
• Baruch — 2:18, 3:1
• Ezekiel — 4:14, 18:4, 18:20, 23:17, 23:18, 23:22, 23:28, 47:9
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:39
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:39
• Micah — 7:1
• Habakkuk — 2:4, 2:10
• Haggai — 2:13
• Zechariah — 11:8, 14:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 8 — 1:10

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 18:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 6:25, 12:18, 22:37, 26:38
• Mark — 14:34
• Luke — 1:46, 10:27, 12:19, 12:22, 12:23
• John — 12:27
• Acts — 2:43, 3:23, 4:32, 20:10
• Romans — 13:1
• Philippians — 1:27, 2:30
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:23
• Hebrews — 10:38
• 3 John — 1:2
• Revelation — 16:3

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 3:9

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