soul
psuche denotes the inner self, a person, or the life that may be preserved, endangered, or laid down.
The supplied verses most often place the term in contexts concerning a person's inner self—its devotion, distress, purification, endurance, or preservation. It also denotes the life that can be laid down, lost, saved, or endangered, and can designate individual persons or living beings in collective or numerical statements.
Senses in use
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The inner self in devotion, condition, and response · dominant
The term identifies the inward self that may be purified, strengthened, troubled, or directed toward God. In 1 Peter 1:22 the accusative plural ψυχὰς occurs in the clause about purification through obedience; in Acts 14:22 the same plural is strengthened; and in John 12:27 the nominative singular ψυχή stands in the clause the APB renders, “Now my soul is troubled.”
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Life given, preserved, or put at risk · common
In several clauses the term concerns a life that may be given up, retained, demanded, or lost. The accusative singular appears in John 10:11 and John 15:13 in the repeated clause about laying down life, while Acts 20:24 uses it where the APB renders Paul’s life as of no value to himself; Acts 27:22 speaks of no loss of life.
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An individual or living being · occasional
The nominative plural forms can refer to individuals considered together. In 1 Peter 3:20 ψυχαί occurs where the APB speaks of eight souls saved through water, and in Acts 27:37 ψυχαὶ occurs in the count of those in the boat; Acts 7:14 similarly renders the plural as “persons in all.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses “soul” in inward and collective contexts, “life” where it is laid down or endangered, and “persons” in a numerical statement. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.