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ψυχή psuchē

“soul” · 103 times in the New Testament

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  • “soul” 39
  • “life” 32
  • “lives” 6
  • “everyone” 3
  • “minds” 2
  • other ways 21
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew16
Mark8
Luke14
John10
Acts15
Romans4
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians2
Ephesians1
Philippians2
Colossians1
1 Thessalonians2
Hebrews6
James2
1 Peter6
2 Peter2
1 John2
3 John1
Jude1
Revelation7

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. soul39
  2. life32
  3. lives6
  4. everyone3
  5. being2
  6. minds2
  7. Not matched to an English word1
  8. as one1
  9. heart1
  10. i1
  11. keep us in suspense1
  12. life as well1
  13. 13 other ways13
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • soul 47
  • life 40
  • person 9
  • myself 6
  • animal 1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“soul” 39

  • Matthew 8

    • 10:28 …but cannot kill the soul Instead fear the One…
    • 10:28 …who can destroy both soul and body in hell…
    • 11:29 …find rest for your souls
    • 12:18 …beloved in whom My soul delights I will put…
    • 16:26 …world yet forfeits his soul Or what can a…
    • 16:26 …in exchange for his soul
    • 22:37 …and with all your soul and with all your…
    • 26:38 …said to them My soul is consumed with sorrow…

  • Mark 4

    • 8:36 …world yet forfeit his soul
    • 8:37 …in exchange for his soul
    • 12:30 …and with all your soul and with all your…
    • 14:34 …said to them My soul is consumed with sorrow…

  • Luke 4

    • 1:46 …Then Mary said My soul magnifies the Lord…
    • 2:35 …sword will pierce your soul as well…
    • 10:27 …and with all your soul and with all your…
    • 21:19 …you will gain your souls

  • John 1

    • 12:27 …Now My soul is troubled and what…

  • Acts 3

    • 2:27 …will not abandon my soul to Hades nor will…
    • 4:32 …one in heart and soul No one claimed that…
    • 14:22 …strengthening the souls of the disciples and…

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 12:15 …the sake of your souls I will most gladly…

  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 5:23 …may your entire spirit soul and body be kept…

  • Hebrews 4

    • 4:12 …pierces even to dividing soul and spirit joints and…
    • 6:19 …an anchor for the soul firm and secure It…
    • 10:39 …have faith and preserve their souls
    • 13:17 …they watch over your souls as those who must…

  • James 2

    • 1:21 …which can save your souls
    • 5:20 …way will save his soul from death and cover…

  • 1 Peter 6

    • 1:9 …your faith the salvation of your souls
    • 1:22 …you have purified your souls by obedience to the…
    • 2:11 …which war against your soul
    • 2:25 …and Overseer of your souls
    • 3:20 …few people only eight souls were saved through water…
    • 4:19 …will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator…

  • 2 Peter 1

    • 2:8 …tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds…

  • Revelation 4

    • 6:9 …under the altar the souls of those who had…
    • 18:13 …carriages of bodies and souls of slaves…
    • 18:14 …The fruit of your soul’s desire has departed from…
    • 20:4 …And I saw the souls of those who had…
“life” 32

  • Matthew 8

    • 2:20 …those seeking the Child’s life are now dead…
    • 6:25 …not worry about your life what you will eat…
    • 6:25 …will wear Is not life more than food and…
    • 10:39 …Whoever finds his life will lose it and…
    • 10:39 …and whoever loses his life for My sake will…
    • 16:25 …wants to save his life will lose it but…
    • 16:25 …but whoever loses his life for My sake will…
    • 20:28 …and to give His life as a ransom for…

  • Mark 4

    • 3:4 …do evil to save life or to destroy it…
    • 8:35 …wants to save his life will lose it but…
    • 8:35 …it but whoever his life for My sake and…
    • 10:45 …and to give His life as a ransom for…

  • Luke 8

    • 6:9 …do evil to save life or to destroy it…
    • 9:24 …wants to save his life will lose it but…
    • 9:24 …but whoever loses his life for My sake will…
    • 12:20 …This very night your life will be required of…
    • 12:22 …do not worry about your life what you will eat…
    • 12:23 …For life is more than food…
    • 14:26 …yes even his own life he cannot be My…
    • 17:33 …tries to save his life will lose it but…

  • John 8

    • 10:11 …shepherd lays down His life for the sheep…
    • 10:15 …I lay down My life for the sheep…
    • 10:17 …I lay down My life in order to take…
    • 12:25 …Whoever loves his life will lose it but…
    • 12:25 …but whoever hates his life in this world will…
    • 13:37 …will lay down my life for You…
    • 13:38 …you lay down your life for Me Jesus replied…
    • 15:13 …he lay down his life for his friends…

  • Acts 2

    • 20:24 …But I consider my life of no value to…
    • 27:22 …not experience any loss of life but only of the…

  • Philippians 1

    • 2:30 …of Christ risking his life to make up for…

  • 1 John 1

    • 3:16 …Jesus laid down His life for us and we…
“lives” 6

  • Acts 2

    • 15:26 …who have risked their lives for the name of…
    • 27:10 …but to our own lives as well…

  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:8 …God but our own lives as well That is…

  • 1 John 1

    • 3:16 …to lay down our lives for our brothers…

  • Revelation 2

    • 8:9 …a third of the living creatures in the sea…
    • 12:11 …did not love their lives so as to shy…
“everyone” 3

  • Acts 2

    • 2:43 …of awe came over everyone and the apostles performed…
    • 3:23 Everyone who does not listen…

  • Romans 1

    • 13:1 Everyone must submit himself to…
“minds” 2

  • Acts 2

    • 14:2 …Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers…
    • 15:24 …unsettled you troubling your minds by what they said…
“being” 2

  • Romans 1

    • 2:9 …distress for every human being who does evil first…

  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 15:45 …Adam became a living being the last Adam a…
“myself” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 12:19 …I will say to myself You have plenty of…
“you” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 12:19 …will say to myself You have plenty of good…
“keep us in suspense” 1

  • John 1

    • 10:24 …and demanded How long will You keep us in suspense If You are the…
“three thousand” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 2:41 …were baptized and about three thousand were added to the…
“seventy five” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 7:14 …and all his relatives seventy-five in all…
“still alive” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 20:10 …he said He is still alive
“us” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 27:37 …In all there were of us on board…
“life as well” 1

  • Romans 1

    • 11:3 …they are seeking my life as well
“me” 1

  • Romans 1

    • 16:4 …risked their lives for me Not only I but…
“my” 1

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 1:23 …I call God as my witness that it was…
“heart” 1

  • Ephesians 1

    • 6:6 …will of God from your heart
“as one” 1

  • Philippians 1

    • 1:27 …one spirit contending together as one for the faith of…
“whole being” 1

  • Colossians 1

    • 3:23 …do work at it with your whole being as for the Lord…
“i” 1

  • Hebrews 1

    • 10:38 …if he shrinks back I will take no pleasure…
“lose heart” 1

  • Hebrews 1

    • 12:3 …will not grow weary and lose heart
“unstable” 1

  • 2 Peter 1

    • 2:14 …never satisfied they seduce the unstable They are accursed children…
“soul also” 1

  • 3 John 1

    • 1:2 …good health as your soul also prospers…
Not matched to an English word 1
“thing” 1

  • Revelation 1

    • 16:3 …dead and every living thing in the sea died…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.