ψυχή

ψυχή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX very frequently for נֶפֶשׁ, sometimes for לֵבַב ,לֵב, etc. ;]

1. breath (Lat. anima), breath of life, life (Hom., al.; in Arist., of the vital principle): Matt 6,25, Mark 3,4; 10,45, Luk 12,22, Joh 10,11, ApG 20,10, 24 2 Kor 1,23, Fil 2,30, 1 Thess 2,8, al.

2. the soul,

(a) as the seat of the will, desires and affections: Matt 26,38, Mark 12,30" (LXX) 14:34, Luk 1,46, Joh 10,24, ApG 14,2, Fil 1,27, al.; ἐκ ψυχῆς, from the heart, heartily: Ef 6,6, Kol 3,23;

(b) as a periphrasis for person or self (frequently in translation from Semitic originals, see M, Pr., 87; Robinson, Gospels, 113ff.; but also frequently in cl., see LS, see word II, 2; Edwards, Lex., App. A.): Matt 11,29, Mark 8,36, ApG 2,41, Rom 2,9, 1 Pet 3,20, al.; πᾶσα ψ., ApG 2,43; 3,23" (LXX), Rom 13,1 ψ. ζῶσα (ζωῆς), 1 Kor 15,45, Åb 16,3;

(with) as the object of divine grace and eternal salvation: Hebr 13,17, Jak 1,21; 5,20, 1 Pet 1,9, 22; 2,11; 4,19, 3Jo.2.

SYN.: see: νοῦς, πνεῦμα, ψυχικός, and cf. ICC on 1 Thess 5,23, Lft., Notes, 88f.