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.
- καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὰ κήτη τὰ μεγάλα καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ζῴων ἑρπετῶν, ἃ ἐξήγαγε τὰ ὕδατα κατὰ γένη αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν πτερωτὸν κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:21)
- Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν κατὰ γένοσ, τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:24)
- καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
- καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰσ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωποσ εἰσ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:7)
- καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὰ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀδάμ, ἰδεῖν τί καλέσει αὐτά. καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ Ἀδὰμ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:19)
Synonyms
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life
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soul
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the mind
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spirit
