Hebrews 13:17:12Heb.13.17.W12TAB
ψυχῶν
psykhôn
“souls”
- Transliteration
- psy-KHÔN
- Extended
- psy-KHÔHN
- IPA
- /psyˈkʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- souls
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Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
psy-KHÔN
- sentence
PEI-the-ste tois hê-gou-ME-nois hy-MÔN kai hy-PEI-ke-te au-TOI gar a-gryp-NOU-sin hy-PER tôn psy-KHÔN hy-MÔN hôs LO-gon a-po-DÔ-son-tes HI-na me-TA kha-RAS TOU-to poi-Ô-sin kai mê ste-NA-dzon-tes a-ly-si-te-LES gar hy-MIN TOU-to
Exegesis
The causal clause autoi gar agrypnousin hyper tōn psychōn hymōn {αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀγρυπνοῦσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν | autoí gár agrypnoûsin hypèr tôn psychôn hymôn} uses the intensive pronoun autoi to stress personal vigilance; agrypnousin with hyper plus the genitive psychōn portrays relentless watchfulness over the believers’ welfare.
In context — Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and yield to them, for they themselves keep watch over your souls as those who will render an account , so that they may do this with joy and not with groaning; for this would be unprofitable for you.
About this coordinate
Hebrews 13:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Hebrews 13:17, so the Greek word ψυχῶν (psykhôn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Heb.13.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.13.17.W12.S1) and character.