Greek semantic word

ψυχή

Transliteration: psuche

12 lexical sense(s); 106 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: inner self, mind, thoughts, feelings, heart, being

the essence of life in terms of thinking, willing, and feeling

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-01
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Sense 2: life

the existence of a human being, or other living creature, sustained by the presence of air to breathe and food to eat

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-02
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Sense 3: person, people

(a figurative extension of meaning of ψυχή[a] ‘inner self, mind,’ semantic domain 26.4) a person as a living being[source note 1]

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-03
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Sense 4: living creature

(an idiom, literally: living soul) any living creature, whether animal or human

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-04
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Sense 5: to experience anguish, to be tormented in one’s heart

(an idiom, literally: to be tormented in soul) to experience mental torment involving sorrow mixed with anger

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-05
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Sense 6: to turn someone against, to cause to dislike

(an idiom, literally: to cause a person’s attitude to be bad against) to cause someone to have hostile feelings of dislike toward someone

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-06
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Sense 7: to become discouraged, to become tired of

(an idiom, literally: to become tired in spirit) to gradually lose one’s motivation to accomplish some goal

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-07
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Sense 8: to save oneself, to protect oneself

(an idiom, literally: to acquire one’s soul or to acquire one’s life) to save oneself from grave danger or death

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-08
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Sense 9: to risk, to risk one’s life

(an idiom, literally: to hand over life) to expose oneself willingly to a danger or risk

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-09
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Sense 10: to save one’s life, to save oneself

(an idiom, literally: to do something with regard to one’s life) to save or preserve one’s own life

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-10
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Sense 11: to feel pain and sorrow, to be sorrowful and distressed

(an idiom, literally: a sword goes through one’s soul) to feel the intense pain of sorrow

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-11
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Sense 12: to die voluntarily, to die willingly

(an idiom, literally: to lay down one’s life) to die, with the implication of voluntary or willing action

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005475-12
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8 (8 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-005475
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Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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