ἄψυχος (
ápsychos｜
ap'-soo-khos｜
adjective｜
inanimate)
[Grk]
ἄψυχος LN: 23.98 GK: G953
Derivation: from
Α (as a negative particle) and
ψυχή;
Strong's: lifeless, i.e. inanimate (mechanical)
KJV: --without life.
See: ΑSee: ψυχή ἄψῡχ-ος, ον,
I
1. lifeless, inanimate, πόθῳ Archil. 84; μνημεῖ’ ἄψυχ’ ἐμψύχων Simon. 106.4, cf. E. Fr. 655, Tr. 623; λωτὸς ἄ. ἔμπνουν ἀνίει Μοῦσαν Sopat. 10; ἃ -ότατα τῶν ὀστῶν with least life or sensation, Pl. Ti. 74e, cf. Arist. de An. 413a21, etc.; ἄ. θεοί, of statues, Timae. 127.
2. ἄ. βορά non-animal food, E. Hipp. 952.
II spiritless, faint-hearted, κάκη A. Th. 192; ἀνήρ Trag.Adesp. 337: ἀψυχότεραι αἱ θήλειαι [ἐλέφαντες ] Arist. HA 610a21; of style, lifeless, D.H. Dem. 20. Adv. -χως Poll. 2.227.
III materialistic, λόγος Porph. Gaur. 14.4 (Comp.).
G895 — ἄψυχος
ἀψυχον (ψυχή), without a soul, lifeless: [1Co 14:7]. (In Greek writings from (Archilochus (), Simonides and) Aeschylus down.)
** ἄψυχος , - ον
( < ψυχή ),
[in LXX : Wis 13:17 ; Wis 14:29 * ;]
inanimate, lifeless: [1Co 14:7]. †