Strong's Number G5590

ψυχή

psuche · psoo-khay'

Transliteration:

psuche{psoo-khay'}

Word Origin:

from 5594

TDNT:

9:608,1342

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 (πνεῦμα), which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 (ζωή), which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H05315, H07307 and H02416)

Usage in the KJV:

soul 58, life 35, mind 3, heart 1, heartily 1537 1, not tr 2

Total: 105
Occurs 102 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

breath
1. the breath of life
  1. the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing
    1. of animals
  2. of men
2. life
3. that in which there is life
  1. a living being, a living soul
the soul
1. the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)
2. 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
3. the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)