Vocabulary

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psyche

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."

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pterna

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."

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pteryx

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.

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ptochos

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.

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ptoma

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.

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