ψυχή

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soul

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 ): Mat.6:25 , Mrk.3:4 10:45 , Luk.12:22 , Jhn.10:11 , Act.20:10, 24 2Co.1:23 , Php.2:30 , 1Th.2:8 , al. __2. the soul , __(a) as the seat of the will, desires and affections : Mat.26:38 , Mrk.12:30 " (LXX) 14:34, Luk.1:46 , Jhn.10:24 , Act.14:2 , Php.1:27 , al.; ἐκ ψυχῆς, from the heart , heartily : Eph.6:6 , Col.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.): Mat.11:29 , Mrk.8:36 , Act.2:41 , Rom.2:9 , 1Pe.3:20 , al.; πᾶσα ψ., Act.2:43 3:23 " (LXX), Rom.13:1; ψ. ζῶσα (ζωῆς), 1Co.15:45 , Rev.16:3 ; __(with) as the object of divine grace and eternal salvation : Heb.13:17 , Jas.1:21 5:20 , 1Pe.1:9, 22 2:11 4:19, 3 Jo.2. SYN. : see: νοῦς, πνεῦμα, ψυχικός, and cf. ICC on 1Th.5:23 , Lft., Notes , 88f. (AS)