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adjective

apsuchem

Greekἄψυχος (apsuchos)

Strong’sG895

lifeless

stem apsuch-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

lifeless

What it means

** ἄψυχος, -ον

(< ψυχή), [in LXX: Wi 13:17 14:29*;]

inanimate, lifeless: I Co 14:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G895 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap'-soo-khos

lifeless, i.e. inanimate (mechanical)

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5590;

King Jameswithout life.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativeapsuchosapsuchasapsuchemapsuchoisapsuchaisapsucheimἄψυχα
object accusativeapsuchonapsuchanapsuchoinapsuchain
direct address vocativeapsuchorapsucharapsuchoirapsuchair
of, belonging to genitiveapsuchouapsuchauapsucheuapsuchoiuapsuchaiuapsucheiu
to, for dativeapsuchoapsuchaapsucheapsuchoiapsuchaiapsuchei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apsuchstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

apsuch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apsucheim“lifeless”subject or objectdirect plural

1 Corinthians 14:7“lifeless”homōs teim apsucheim fōnan dōarōteim, eite aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi fthongoi mē dōateia, pōs gnōskiti tem aulirōtem ē tem kitharizirōtem?Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?