What does ἔτι · ἑαυτοῦ · ψυχή mean in the Bible?
ἔτι · ἑαυτοῦ · ψυχή is a Greek phrase meaning "even also his own life/soul".
Greek · G2089, G1438, G5590
ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ
"Yet," still (of time or degree) · themself · soul
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ἔτι G2089 "yet," still (of time or degree)
Pronunciation éti
Marks incomplete action or state; emphasizes what remains pending or what continues into present.
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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself
Pronunciation heautoû
Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another
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ψυχή G5590 soul
Pronunciation psychḗ
The animating life-principle that encompasses will, desires, and affections as the seat of personal identity
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What does ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ (eti te kai tēn psychēn heautou) mean in the Bible?
ἔτι · ἑαυτοῦ · ψυχή is a Greek phrase meaning "even also his own life/soul".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2089, G1438, G5590?
G2089, G1438, G5590 is connected to 93 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. even also his own life/soul
Source Gloss
even also his own life/soul
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 93
Matt 5:13 · Matt 12:46 · Matt 17:5 · Matt 18:16 · Matt 19:20 · Matt 26:47 · Matt 26:65 · Matt 27:63 · Mark 5:35 · Mark 12:6 · Mark 14:43 · Mark 14:63 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 8:49 · Luke 9:42 · Luke 14:22 93×
Word Origins
ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
נֶפֶשׁ nafsho H5315 Related Hebrew
properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
רוּחַ rûaḥ H7307 Related Hebrew
wind ; by resemblance breath , i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation ; figuratively, life , anger , unsubstantiality ; by extension, a region of the sky ; by resemblance spirit , but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
חַי ḥay H2416 Related Hebrew
alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain