ψυχή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ψυχή
ψυχῆς
Structure:
ψυχ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- life (the state of being alive)
- (poetic) life-breath, life-blood (‘the state of being alive’ made corporeal)
- soul (the immortal part of a person)
- ghost (the spirit of a dead person)
- the mind (seat or organ of thought), (the faculty of) reason
- spirit (animated attitude)
- (rare, extended from the meaning ‘soul’) butterfly
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν λέγων. εἶπον τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἀαρὼν καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ οὐ μιανθήσονται ἐν τῷ ἔθνει αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 21:1)
- ὅτι ἡγίασαν τὰ πυρεῖα τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τούτων ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ αὐτῶν. καὶ ποίησον αὐτὰ λεπίδασ ἐλατὰσ περίθεμα τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, ὅτι προσηνέχθησαν ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἡγιάσθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰσ σημεῖον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:3)
- τίσ ἐξηκριβάσατο τὸ σπέρμα Ἰακώβ, καὶ τίσ ἐξαριθμήσεται δήμουσ Ἰσραήλ̣ ἀποθάνοι ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ψυχαῖσ δικαίων, καὶ γένοιτο τὸ σπέρμα μου ὡσ τὸ σπέρμα τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 23:10)
- ἐν ἑβδομήκοντα ψυχαῖσ κατέβησαν οἱ πατέρεσ σου εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, νυνὶ δὲ ἐποίησέ σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ὡσεὶ τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 10:22)
- καὶ εἶπεν. ἵλεώσ μοι, Κύριε, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ αὐτῶν πίομαι. καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτό. ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖσ δυνατοί. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:17)
Synonyms
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life
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soul
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the mind
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spirit
