John 15:13:9John.15.13.W9TAB
ψυχὴν
psykhên
“life”
- Transliteration
- psy-KHÊN
- Extended
- psy-KHÊN
- IPA
- /psy.kʰeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
psy-KHÊN
- phraseyour reading level
HI-na tis TÊN psy-KHÊN au-TOU THÊI hy-PER TÔN PHI-lôn au-TOU
- sentence
MEI-zo-na TAU-tês a-GA-pên ou-DEIS E-khei HI-na tis TÊN psy-KHÊN au-TOU THÊI hy-PER TÔN PHI-lôn au-TOU
Exegesis
Inside that clause, tis {τις | tis} ‘someone’ broadens the statement to any person, while the idiom tēn psuchēn autou thē {τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ | tḕn psu-khḗn au-toû thē̂} ‘lay down his life’ presents a deliberate, decisive act of self-surrender.
Root and etymology
psuchēpsi upsilon chi eta
“life, breath, self”
In context — John 15:13
There is no love greater than this: that a person should lay down his life for his friends.
About this coordinate
John 15:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 15:13, so the Greek word ψυχὴν (psykhên) 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 John.15.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.13.W9.S1) and character.