Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Greek Word Study

Strong's G5590 ψυχή (psyche)

Psyche means “soul” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5590 — caar (“be sore”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5590
Language Greek
Linked Usages 952
Books 63

Strong's G5590 Quick Answer

Strong's G5590 ψυχή (psuche) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. psuche (psoo-khay') n. 1. soul, inner being or life 2. (literally) breath It has 952 linked Bible usages across 63 books. Visible English usage signals include soul, lord, every, souls, and eat. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
psuche (psoo-khay') n. 1. soul, inner being or life 2. (literally) breath
Usage
952 linked usages
Books
63 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
soul, lord, every, souls, and eat

Meaning and Definition

psuche (psoo-khay') n. 1. soul, inner being or life 2. (literally) breath 3. (figuratively) the heart's desire, the drive or passion of one's soul (i.e. that which brings satisfaction to one's being) {(the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul;

and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants} [from G5594] KJV: heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you Root(s): G5594 Compare: G4151, G2222, G4983, G2372, G3563 See also: H5315, H7307, H2416

Original Word
ψυχή
Transliteration
psuche
Derivation
Root: ψύχω R1: 5594
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5590. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

soul

Usage: 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, 3Jo.2. SYN.: see: νοῦς, πνεῦμα, ψυχικός, and cf.

ICC on 1Th.5:23, Lft., Notes, 88f. (AS)

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

soul lord every souls eat man any life unclean israel day said

How Strong's G5590 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 671 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5590 (ψυχή) appears 928 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

Read the full Greek Septuagint interlinear with Strong's →

Strong's G5590 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5590 in the New Testament

95 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G5590 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

671 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

Genesis 1:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.

Genesis 1:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.

Strong's G5590 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

175 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G5590 in 1 Enoch

11 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5590.

Genesis 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
Genesis 1:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.
Genesis 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Genesis 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Genesis 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
Genesis 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.
Genesis 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
Genesis 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
Genesis 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Genesis 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
Genesis 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had gotten, and every soul which they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.
Genesis 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save thine own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps thou be overtaken together with them.
Genesis 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.
Genesis 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If ye have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.
Genesis 27:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.
Genesis 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy firstborn, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis 27:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 32:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; For, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
Genesis 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was attached to the soul of Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.
Genesis 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, Shechem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,
Genesis 35:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Genesis 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis 41:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharaoh related to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharaoh.
Genesis 42:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.
Genesis 44:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then, if I should go in to thy servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us (and his life depends on this lad’s life)—
Genesis 46:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dinah his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three.
Genesis 46:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to his daughter Leah, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen.
Genesis 46:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven.
Genesis 46:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, even all the souls were sixty-six.
Genesis 46:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls.
Genesis 49:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not my soul come into their counsel, And let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, For in their wrath they slew men, And in their passion they houghed a bull.
Exodus 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.
Exodus 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.
Exodus 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him—as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.
Exodus 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
Exodus 12:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work on them, only as many things as will necessarily be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you.
Exodus 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants.
Exodus 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.
Exodus 16:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, an omer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow lodgers.
Exodus 21:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
Exodus 21:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
Exodus 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.
Exodus 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachma in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Exodus 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Exodus 31:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep the Sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: every one who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people.
Exodus 35:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Leviticus 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a soul bring a gift, a sacrifice to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.
Leviticus 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;
Leviticus 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a soul of the people of the land should sin unwillingly, in doing a thing contrary to any of the commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and shall transgress,
Leviticus 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and he is a witness or has seen or been conscious, if he do not report it, he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcass, or that which is unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable reptiles which are unclean, or carcasses of unclean cattle,
Leviticus 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterward know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things—
Leviticus 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his transgression wherein he transgressed.
Leviticus 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing against any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,
Leviticus 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbor in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbor,
Leviticus 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering which is the Lord’s, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering, which is the Lord’s, that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every soul that shall eat blood, that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.
Leviticus 11:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.
Leviticus 11:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;
Leviticus 16:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.
Leviticus 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This shall be to you a most holy Sabbath, a rest, and ye shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.
Leviticus 17:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole burnt offering or peace offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savor: and whosoever shall slay it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people.
Leviticus 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the life of flesh is its blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for its blood shall make atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, and the stranger that abides among you shall not eat blood.
Leviticus 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: everyone that eats it shall be destroyed.
Leviticus 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 18:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.
Leviticus 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.
Leviticus 19:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a dead body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a-whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.
Leviticus 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.
Leviticus 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,
Leviticus 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.
Leviticus 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Say to them, Every man throughout your generations, whoever of all your seed shall approach to the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall consecrate to the Lord, while his uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from me: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
Leviticus 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
Leviticus 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.
Leviticus 23:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month is a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and ye shall humble your souls, and offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 23:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.
Leviticus 23:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every soul which shall do work on that day, that soul shall be destroyed from among its people.
Leviticus 23:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall be a holy Sabbath to you; and ye shall humble your souls, from the ninth day of the month: from evening to evening ye shall keep your Sabbaths.
Leviticus 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.
Leviticus 24:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.
Leviticus 26:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;
Leviticus 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgments, so that ye should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant,
Leviticus 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.
Leviticus 26:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
Leviticus 26:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her Sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances.
Leviticus 27:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,
Numbers 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue of the reins, and everyone who is unclean from a dead body.
Numbers 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every man or woman who shall commit any sin that is common to man, or if that soul shall in anywise have neglected the commandment and transgressed;
Numbers 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come nigh to any dead body,
Numbers 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering; and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the things wherein he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall sanctify his head in that day,
Numbers 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came men who were unclean by reason of a dead body, and they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.
Numbers 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And those men said to Moses, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: shall we therefore fail to offer the gift to the Lord in its season in the midst of the children of Israel?
Numbers 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whatever man shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or on a journey far off, among you, or among your posterity; he shall then keep the Passover to the Lord,
Numbers 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey, and shall fail to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its season: that man shall bear his iniquity.
Numbers 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.
Numbers 15:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one soul sin unwillingly, he shall bring one she-goat of a year old for a sin offering.
Numbers 15:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that committed the trespass unwillingly, and that sinned unwillingly before the Lord, to make atonement for him.
Numbers 15:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers shall do anything with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people,
Numbers 15:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for he has set at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.
Numbers 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of these sinners against their own souls, and do thou make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.
Numbers 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that touches the carcass of the person of a man, if he should have died, and the other not have been purified, has defiled the tabernacle of the Lord: that soul shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5590, grouped by book.

Genesis 38 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 49 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 26 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 145 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3:3 Psalms 6:4 Psalms 6:5 Psalms 7:3 Psalms 7:6 Psalms 9:24 Psalms 10:1 Psalms 10:5 Psalms 12:3 Psalms 15:10 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 16:13 Psalms 18:8 Psalms 20:3 Psalms 21:21 Psalms 21:30 Psalms 22:3 Psalms 23:4 Psalms 24:1 Psalms 24:13 Psalms 24:20 Psalms 25:9 Psalms 26:12 Psalms 27:3 Psalms 29:4 Psalms 30:8 Psalms 30:10 Psalms 30:14 Psalms 32:19 Psalms 32:20 Psalms 33:3 Psalms 33:23 Psalms 34:3 Psalms 34:4 Psalms 34:7 Psalms 34:9 Psalms 34:12 Psalms 34:13 Psalms 34:17 Psalms 34:25 Psalms 37:13 Psalms 38:12 Psalms 39:15 Psalms 40:5 Psalms 41:2 Psalms 41:3 Psalms 41:5 Psalms 41:6 Psalms 41:7 Psalms 41:12 Psalms 42:5 Psalms 43:26 Psalms 48:9 Psalms 48:16 Psalms 48:19 Psalms 53:5 Psalms 53:6 Psalms 54:19 Psalms 55:7 Psalms 55:14 Psalms 56:2 Psalms 56:5 Psalms 56:7 Psalms 58:4 Psalms 61:2 Psalms 61:6 Psalms 62:2 Psalms 62:6 Psalms 62:9 Psalms 62:10 Psalms 63:2 Psalms 65:9 Psalms 65:16 Psalms 68:2 Psalms 68:11 Psalms 68:19 Psalms 68:21 Psalms 68:33 Psalms 69:3 Psalms 70:10 Psalms 70:13 Psalms 70:23 Psalms 71:13 Psalms 71:14 Psalms 73:19 Psalms 76:3 Psalms 77:18 Psalms 77:50 Psalms 83:3 Psalms 85:2 Psalms 85:4 Psalms 85:13 Psalms 85:14 Psalms 87:4 Psalms 87:15 Psalms 88:49 Psalms 93:17 Psalms 93:19 Psalms 93:21 Psalms 96:10 Psalms 102:1 Psalms 102:2 Psalms 102:22 Psalms 103:1 Psalms 103:35 Psalms 104:18 Psalms 105:15 Psalms 106:5 Psalms 106:9 Psalms 106:18 Psalms 106:26 Psalms 108:20 Psalms 108:31 Psalms 114:4 Psalms 114:7 Psalms 114:8 Psalms 118:20 Psalms 118:25 Psalms 118:28 Psalms 118:81 Psalms 118:109 Psalms 118:129 Psalms 118:167 Psalms 118:175 Psalms 119:2 Psalms 119:6 Psalms 120:7 Psalms 122:4 Psalms 123:4 Psalms 123:5 Psalms 123:7 Psalms 129:5 Psalms 129:6 Psalms 130:2 Psalms 137:3 Psalms 138:14 Psalms 140:8 Psalms 141:5 Psalms 141:8 Psalms 142:3 Psalms 142:6 Psalms 142:8 Psalms 142:11 Psalms 142:12 Psalms 145:1
Proverbs 53 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 38 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 50 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 11 usages, New Testament
Mark 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 13 usages, New Testament
John 9 usages, New Testament
Acts 16 usages, New Testament
Romans 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 2 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 6 usages, New Testament
James 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 6 usages, New Testament
2 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
3 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 7 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 9 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 13 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 20 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 25 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 78 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1:30 Wisdom of Sirach 2:1 Wisdom of Sirach 2:17 Wisdom of Sirach 4:2 Wisdom of Sirach 4:6 Wisdom of Sirach 4:17 Wisdom of Sirach 4:20 Wisdom of Sirach 4:22 Wisdom of Sirach 5:2 Wisdom of Sirach 6:2 Wisdom of Sirach 6:4 Wisdom of Sirach 6:26 Wisdom of Sirach 6:32 Wisdom of Sirach 7:11 Wisdom of Sirach 7:17 Wisdom of Sirach 7:20 Wisdom of Sirach 7:21 Wisdom of Sirach 7:26 Wisdom of Sirach 7:29 Wisdom of Sirach 9:2 Wisdom of Sirach 9:6 Wisdom of Sirach 9:9 Wisdom of Sirach 10:28 Wisdom of Sirach 10:29 Wisdom of Sirach 12:11 Wisdom of Sirach 14:2 Wisdom of Sirach 14:4 Wisdom of Sirach 14:8 Wisdom of Sirach 14:9 Wisdom of Sirach 14:16 Wisdom of Sirach 16:17 Wisdom of Sirach 16:30 Wisdom of Sirach 18:31 Wisdom of Sirach 19:3 Wisdom of Sirach 19:4 Wisdom of Sirach 19:16 Wisdom of Sirach 20:22 Wisdom of Sirach 21:2 Wisdom of Sirach 21:27 Wisdom of Sirach 21:28 Wisdom of Sirach 23:6 Wisdom of Sirach 23:17 Wisdom of Sirach 23:18 Wisdom of Sirach 24:1 Wisdom of Sirach 25:2 Wisdom of Sirach 26:14 Wisdom of Sirach 26:15 Wisdom of Sirach 27:16 Wisdom of Sirach 29:15 Wisdom of Sirach 30:21 Wisdom of Sirach 30:23 Wisdom of Sirach 31:20 Wisdom of Sirach 31:28 Wisdom of Sirach 31:29 Wisdom of Sirach 32:23 Wisdom of Sirach 33:32 Wisdom of Sirach 34:15 Wisdom of Sirach 34:17 Wisdom of Sirach 37:6 Wisdom of Sirach 37:8 Wisdom of Sirach 37:12 Wisdom of Sirach 37:14 Wisdom of Sirach 37:19 Wisdom of Sirach 37:22 Wisdom of Sirach 37:27 Wisdom of Sirach 37:28 Wisdom of Sirach 39:1 Wisdom of Sirach 40:29 Wisdom of Sirach 45:23 Wisdom of Sirach 47:15 Wisdom of Sirach 50:25 Wisdom of Sirach 51:3 Wisdom of Sirach 51:6 Wisdom of Sirach 51:19 Wisdom of Sirach 51:20 Wisdom of Sirach 51:24 Wisdom of Sirach 51:26 Wisdom of Sirach 51:29
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 11 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G5590 FAQ

What does psyche (ψυχή) mean?

Psyche (Strong's G5590) is a Greek word most simply glossed "soul". psuche (psoo-khay') n. 1. soul, inner being or life 2. (literally) breath

How many times is psyche (ψυχή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 952 linked usages for Strong's G5590 across 63 books.

Where can I study psyche (ψυχή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5590 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate psyche (ψυχή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as soul, lord, every, souls, eat, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5590 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 671 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 175 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 11 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5590, with linked reader references where each row is available.