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:
Revelation 16:3: "man: and every living soul died in the sea."
Revelation 18:13: "and slaves, and souls of men."
Revelation 18:14: "the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee,"
Revelation 20:4: "unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness"
