Psuché (5590 in Strong's Concordance) is a feminine Noun in Ancient Greek that means soul or life.
Related Terms
The following terms are often used in connection or contrast with psuché:
apsuchos - lifeless
isopsuchos - likeminded
eupsucheó - to be encouraged
psuchikos - unspiritual, natural
Usage
Psuché is used 103 times across 94 verses. Below is a list of all references to psuché in the New Testament:
saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.”
Matthew 2:20
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:25
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 10:39
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:29
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Matthew 12:18
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Matthew 16:26
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Matthew 22:37
Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
Matthew 26:38
And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
Mark 3:4
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
Mark 8:35
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Mark 8:36
For what can a man give in return for his soul?
Mark 8:37
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30
And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”
Mark 14:34
And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
Luke 1:46
(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.
Luke 2:35
And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
Luke 6:9
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 9:24
[For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.] And they went to another village.
Luke 9:56
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”
Luke 12:19
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Luke 12:20
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
Luke 12:22
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Luke 12:23
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:26
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
Luke 17:33
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
Luke 21:19
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:11
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:15
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
John 10:17
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep [the soul of us] us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
John 10:24
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 12:25
Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
John 12:27
Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
John 13:37
Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.
John 13:38
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
Acts 2:27
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:41
And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
Acts 2:43
And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.
Acts 3:23
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
Acts 4:32
And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
Acts 7:14
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Acts 14:2
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:22
Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
Acts 15:24
men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:26
But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”
Acts 20:10
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24
saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
Acts 27:10
Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Acts 27:22
(We were in all 276 persons in the ship.)
Acts 27:37
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
Romans 2:9
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
Romans 11:3
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:1
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
Romans 16:4
Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:45
But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:23
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
2 Corinthians 12:15
not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart
Ephesians 6:6
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel
Philippians 1:27
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
Philippians 2:30
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain
Hebrews 6:19
but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:38
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews 10:39
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
Hebrews 12:3
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Hebrews 13:17
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:21
let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:20
obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:9
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart
1 Peter 1:22
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
1 Peter 2:11
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25
because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
1 Peter 3:20
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
1 Peter 4:19
(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
2 Peter 2:8
They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
2 Peter 2:14
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:16
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
3 John 1:2
to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Jude 1:15
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
Revelation 6:9
A third of the living creatures in the sea [and had life,] died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Revelations 8:9
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Revelations 12:11
he second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
Revelations 16:3
cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
Revelations 18:13
“The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
Revelations 18:14
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelations 20:4
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