ψυχῇ [33 verses](noun sg fem dat) "Life" is psyche, which is translated as "breath," "life," "self," "personality," "spirit," and "soul." It is also used to describe "the spirit" of things. It is also often translated as "soul." -- (CW) The word translated here as "soul" is psyche, a common word in Greek, familiar in English, translated commonly as "life," "soul," "consciousness," and "a sense of self." It is used for different aspects of "self," the emotional self, the conscious self, the intellectual self.  Jesus uses it to mean our identity in our worldly life specifically, the role we play on earth, what we might call the "self," "ego," or our "the person we are."   The problem with translating it as "life" is that another common Greek word means "life." The problem with "soul" is that it doesn't work for many verses because the "soul" is separate from the body. Though the word can mean a departed spirit, most of the word's meanings revolve around "self." "Soul" can also be confused with the concept of "spirit" which is another Greek word.   When "self" doesn't work, "person" offers the least confusion. See this article for detail about this word. CW --Confusing Word -- This is not the common word usually translated as "life."

πτέρναν --[1 verse](noun sg fem acc) "Heel" is from pterna, which means "heel", "the under part of the heel", "hoof", "heel [of a shoe]", "foot," or a lower part of anything."

πτέρυγας, [2 verses](noun pl fem acc) "Wings" is pteryx, which means "wings," "winged creature," "bird," "flight," "augury," "omen,"anything like a wing, "flippers" of seals or turtles, "feathery foliage," "blade" of the steering-paddle, "flap" of a cuirass, "broad edge" of a knife or hunting-spear, "shoulder-blade," pl., "sails," anything that covers or protects like wings, and "wings" of a building.  - The Greek word translated as "wings" is the common word for "wings," and, like our word, has a lot of related meanings. If is a version of this word that usually gets translated as "birds" in the NT.

πτωχοὶ [17 verses](adj pl masc nom)"Poor" is ptochos, which means "beggar," "beggar-woman," and "beggarly."  -- "Poor" is an adjective that means "a beggar" and "beggarly" and it a metaphor for being lacking in something.

πτῶμα, [1 verse](noun sg neut nom/acc) "Carcase" is ptoma, which means "fall," "injuries due to falls," "fallen body," "corpse," "carcass," of buildings, "ruin," "windfall fruit," and a metaphor for "misfortune" and "calamity." Not to be confused with ptosis (πτῶσις) which means the actual activity of falling.

πτῶσις [2 verses](noun sg fem nom ) "The fall" is ptosis, which means "falling", "fall", "calamity (metaphor)", "death(metaphor)", "modification (grammar: of a word)," and "arrangement of terms (in a syllogism)." Not to be confused with ptoma (πτῶμα) which means the result of a fall. - The word translated as "the fall" is a metaphor for calamity and death. It is a noun form of the verb used above meaning "to fall". this is the only time this word is used by Jesus. In English, we use "crash" to describe the activity of falling as separate from the results of a fall.

πύλης: [4 verses](noun sg fem gen) "Gate" is pyle, which means "one wing of a pair of double gates," "gates of a town," "house-door," "gate or door leading to the women's apartments," "gates of the nether world," "custom-house," "entrance," "orifice," "entrance into a country through mountains," "pass," and "narrow straits."  - The term translated here as "gate" means specifically one side of a double gate that served as the entry to a town or large building. It was also frequently the location of a toll booth, changing a tax for entry into a town. The term also meant special doors or gates such as those to the women's quarters or the gates of hell. These gates were a point of control and authority.

πυλῶνα [1 verse](noun sg masc acc) "Gate" is pylon, which means "gateway", "gate tower", and "gate house." -- "Gate" is a Greek noun used uniquely here that means "gateway", "gate tower", and "gate house."

ἐπυνθάνετο [1 verse](verb 3rd sg imperf ind mp) "Asked" is pynthanomai,  which means to "learn from", "hear", "inquire concerning", and "to hear or learn that".  -- The Greek word translated as "asked" appears in Jesus's words for the first time here. It means to "learn from", "hear", "inquire concerning", and "to hear or learn that". 

πῦρ [14 verses](noun sg neut acc) "Fire" is pyr (pur), which means "fire," "sacrificial fire," "funeral fire," "hearth-fire," "lightning," "the light of torches," and "heat of fever." -- "Fire" is a noun that means "fire," "sacrificial fire," "funeral fire," and so on, but Christ only uses this word to describe the fire of a trash dump. He usually uses it with the word that is translated as "hell" but which was the name of the burning trash dump outside of Jerusalem. Though the word appears in sixteen verses of the KJV, two of those verses do not appear in today's Greek source and modern versions of the Bible.

πυρράζει [2 verses](verb 3rd sg pres ind act) "Is red" is pyrrazo, which is a verb that means "to be fiery red." Its root is -pyrros, which means "ed" and "flame-colored."  - "Is red" is from a Greek verb that means literally, "to be firey." It is from the base word for "fire" which, in Greek is also the base for the color, red. "Fire" is associated in Christianity with punishment, but Jesus refers both to the productive use of fire in ovens for the baking of bread and in getting rid of trash in the junk yard.

() "Raka" is an untranslated Aramaic word, raka or raqa. It may be from a Hebrew term meaning "empty" or "empty-headed. Others claim it means "I spit on you" in one version of Aramaic. It is agree to be an expression of contempt. However, it could also be the Greek raka meaning "rags".

Ῥαββεί. (2 verses](Hebrew word) "Rabbi" is not from any Greek word, though listed in Strong's as rhabbi, but the Hebrew rab, which means, as an adjective,  "much," "many," "great," "strong," and "greater than." As a masculine noun, it means "captain" or "chief."   - "Rabbi" is from a Hebrew word, not a Greek word, and adjective that means "much," "many," "great," "strong," and "greater than." As a masculine noun, it means "captain" or "chief."  Jesus only used it in  Matthew 23:7 and Matthew 23:8, telling others not to use it. All other use of this word are by others addressing Jesus, which seems like an inside Joke.

ῥάβδον:[2 verses] (noun sg fem acc) "Staves" is rhabdos, which means a "magic wand", "fishing-rod", "limed twig (for catching small birds)", "shaft of a hunting-spear", "staff of office", "shepherd's staff or crook", "measuring-rod", "line", "verse", "a critical mark," and "stroke forming a letter." -- "Staves" is translated from a Greek word meaning any type of long pole, primarily those used for gathering food or managing a herd of animals. It also means a staff of authority.

ῥάκους [2 verses](noun sg neut gen) "Cloth" is rhakos, which means "ragged, tattered garment," "rags," "tatters," "strip of cloth," "strip of flesh," "rents in the face," "wrinkles," and is a metaphor for "rag," and "remnant." -- The word translated as "cloth" really means a "rag" or "tatter." This is a negative description of the patch and cannot be taken otherwise in an honest translation.

ῥαφίδος [2 verses](noun sg fem gen) "Needle" is rhaphis, which means "needle." It is more of a surgeon's needle than a sewing needle.  - "Needle" is translated from a Greek word that means "needle." A different word for the needle is used in Luke 18:25 but the same word is used in Mark.

ῥαπίζει [1 verse](3rd sg pres ind act) "Smite" is rhapizo, which means "hit with a stick", "cudgel", "thrash", "to slap a face," generally, "to strike" or "to beat." -- The Greek word translated as "smite" primary meaning is much more violent. It means "to beat with a stick", "to cudgel," and "to thrash." When referring to striking a "cheek," or more accurately, a "jaw," "sock" would be the word we typically use in English. The KJV is closer to the sense of this word than other versions which translate it as the milder "slap."

ῥήξωσιν [4 verses](3rd pl aor subj act) "Break" is rhegnumi, which means to "break asunder", "rend", "shatter", "break through," and, in the passive, to "break", "break asunder", "burst," "break forth". -- The word translated as "break" means to "burst" or "break through".

ῥῆμα [10 verses](noun sg neut acc) "Word" is rhema, which means "that which is spoken," "word," "saying," "word for word," "subject of speech," and "matter." This is not the word usually mistranslated as "word," which is logos that means "logic," "idea," or "message." -- (CW) The Greek word translated as "words" is not the common word meaning "idea" that is mistranslated as "words" in the Bible. Nor is it the Greek word for "words." It is another word that specifically means "what is spoken." This is the root word for the English word "remarks" and "remarks" that captures this concept well. - CW --Confusing Word -- The "words" is not the common word usually translated as "words."

ῥεύσουσιν [1 verse](3rd pl aor subj act) "Shall flow" is rheo, which means "to flow", "to gush," "to stream", "to run", "to fall", "to drop off", "to liquefy", "to be in a state of perpetual flux and change," [of persons] "to be inclined," [of a ship] "to leak," and "to have a flux." Or rheo, meaning Ot flow" but also "to utter," and "to speak."  Jesus may use it to mean "gush" in the sense we use it to "talk." -- This word means "to flow
 and "to utter."

ἔρριπται   [1 verse](verb 3rd sg perf ind mp ) "He cast" is rhiptō, which means to " throw", "cast", ahd " hurl". -- "He cast" is another unique verb for Jesus to use that means to " throw", "cast", and " hurl". This word is strange for many reasons. First, one of Jesus's favorite words means "cast" but in a more humorous sense. That word is used in the Mark version. Second, the tense is something completed in the past when the hanging of the stone is in the present.  We also saw this difference in tenses in Mark, even those a different "cast" was used. In Matthew, which uses a word meaning "drowned" here, the tenses of both words is past. Finally, as in Mark, this word is either passive of the middle acts on himself. "He has hurled himself".

ῥίζαν [5 verses](noun sg fem acc) "Root" is rhiza, which means "root" and anything that springs from a root. It includes the roots of hairs, feathers, and teeth. It is also a metaphor for roots as a foundation, such as "the roots of the earth." -- "Root" is from the Greek word for a plant's "root" and anything that springs from a root. It includes the roots of hairs, feathers, and teeth. It is also a metaphor for roots as a foundation, such as "the roots of the earth."

ῥύμαις, [2 verses](noun pl fem dat) "The streets" is rhyme, which means "force", "swing", "rush [of a body in motion]", "rush", "charge [of soldiers]", "street", "lane," and "alley." -- The Greek word translated as "streets" is not a simple word for street. Its primary meaning is the "force" and "rush" of a body of moving people. It means "streets" in the sense that they hold these people.

ῥῦσαι [1 verse](2nd sg aor imperat mid) "Deliver" is rhyomai, which means "to draw to oneself", "to draw out of danger", "to rescue", "to save", "to deliver", "to save from an illness", "to shield", "to guard", "to protect, "to draw back", "to hold back", "to check," and "to keep off." -- The Greek word translated as "deliver" primarily means "to draw towards oneself" and "to draw away from danger." Both of these ideas are very evocative in this context. Again, this is an uncommon word for Christ.

προέλαβεν [1 verse] ( verb 3rd sg aor ind act ) "She is come aforehand" is prolambano, which means to "take or receive before", "take or seize beforehand", "to be beforehand with", "anticipate", "anticipate the event", "prejudge", and "repeat from the origin." The root word has a meaning much like the English  "get" meaning both taking and receiving.