What does παραβουλεύομαι · ψυχή mean in the Bible?
παραβουλεύομαι · ψυχή is a Greek phrase meaning "risking one’s life, exposing oneself to danger".
Greek · G3851, G5590
παραβολευσάμενος τῇ ψυχῇ
To risk · soul
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παραβουλεύομαιG3851to risk
Pronunciationparabouleúomai
To risk or hazard one's life by exposing oneself to danger, particularly in service.
Open lexicon entry →ψυχήG5590soul
Pronunciationpsychḗ
The animating life-principle that encompasses will, desires, and affections as the seat of personal identity
Open lexicon entry →What does παραβολευσάμενος τῇ ψυχῇ (paraboleusamenos tē psychē) mean in the Bible?
παραβουλεύομαι · ψυχή is a Greek phrase meaning "risking one’s life, exposing oneself to danger".
Full entry for παραβολευσάμενος τῇ ψυχῇ (G3851, G5590) · Open the biblical lexicon
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Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. risking one’s life, exposing oneself to danger
Strong'sG3851, G5590
Lexical occurrences0 versesSource Gloss
risking one’s life, exposing oneself to danger
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
middle1
Mood
participle1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
παραβολευσάμενος τῇ ψυχῇ is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
נֶפֶשׁnafshoH5315RelatedHebrew
properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
רוּחַrûaḥH7307RelatedHebrew
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)
חַיḥayH2416RelatedHebrew
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