Strong's #5590: psuche (pronounced psoo-khay')
from 5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew 5315, 7307 and 2416):--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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psuchē
1) breath
1a) the breath of life
1a1) the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing
1a1a) of animals
1a1b) of men
1b) life
1c) that in which there is life
1c1) a living being, a living soul
2) the soul
2a) the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)
2b) the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life
2c) the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from G5594
Citing in TDNT: 9:608, 1342
Usage:
This word is used 104 times:
Acts 2:27: "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer"
Acts 2:31: "of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell,"
Acts 2:41: "day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."
Acts 2:43: "fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and"
Acts 3:23: "And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear"
Acts 4:32: "of one heart and of one soul: neither said any"
Acts 7:14: "his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls."
Acts 14:2: "the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren."
Acts 14:22: "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the"
Acts 15:24: "with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep"
Acts 15:26: "Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our"
Acts 20:10: "Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him."
Acts 20:24: "none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself,"
Acts 27:10: "but also of our lives."
Acts 27:22: "there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the"
Acts 27:37: "the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls."
Romans 2:9: "anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the"
Romans 11:3: "and they seek my life."
Romans 13:1: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no"
Romans 16:4: "Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom"
1 Corinthians 15:45: "was made a living soul; the last Adam was made"
2 Corinthians 1:23: "for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came"
Ephesians 6:6: "will of God from the heart;"
Philippians 1:27: "in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith"
Philippians 2:30: "unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack"
Colossians 3:23: "whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the"
1 Thessalonians 2:8: "but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."
1 Thessalonians 5:23: "whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless"
Hebrews 4:12: "to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints"
Hebrews 6:19: "as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,"
Hebrews 10:38: "if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him."
Hebrews 10:39: "but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."
Hebrews 12:3: "ye be wearied and faint in your minds."
Hebrews 13:17: "watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that"
James 1:21: "which is able to save your souls."
James 5:20: "of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide"
1 Peter 1:9: "of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
1 Peter 1:22: "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through"
1 Peter 2:11: "war against the soul;"
1 Peter 2:25: "and Bishop of your souls."
1 Peter 3:20: "wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
1 Peter 4:19: "of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful"
2 Peter 2:8: "hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful"
2 Peter 2:14: "from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices;"
1 John 3:16: "because he laid down his life for us: and"
1 John 3:16: "and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
3 John 1:2: "be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."
Revelation 6:9: "the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word"
Revelation 8:9: "sea, and had life, died; and the third part"
Revelation 12:11: "they loved not their lives unto the death."
