Original Word: ἰσόψυχος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: isopsuchos
Pronunciation: ee-SOP-soo-khos
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-sop'-soo-khos)
KJV: likeminded
NASB: kindred spirit
Word Origin: [from G2470 (ἴσος - equal) and G5590 (ψυχή - life)]

1. of similar spirit

like minded.

From isos and psuche; of similar spirit -- likeminded.

see GREEK isos

see GREEK psuche

2473 isópsyxos (an adjective, derived from 2470 /ísos, "equivalent, equal" and 5590/psyxē, "soul") – properly, of equal-soul; having similar identity (values) because like-minded, i.e. equally (similarly) motivated.

2473 (isopsyxos) occurs only in Phil 2:20. Here it refers to believers treating a situation (matter) with the same values (outlook) – because each is directed by God's inworking of faith (cf. Phil 2:17,20).

[2473/isopsyxos (literally "equal-soul (identity)" shows believers (when led by God) will treat the moral weight of a matter similarly, i.e. with the same (Spirit-produced) conviction. See also 2 Pet 1:1.]

Word Origin
from isos and psuché
Definition
like-minded
NASB Translation
kindred spirit (1).

STRONGS NT 2473: ἰσόψυχος

ἰσόψυχος, ἰσόψυχον (ἴσος and ψυχή), equal in soul (A. V. like-minded) (Vulg. unanimus): Philippians 2:20. (Psalm 54:14 (); Aeschylus Ag. 1470.)

Forms and Transliterations

ισόψυχε ισοψυχον ισόψυχον ἰσόψυχον ισωθήσεται isopsuchon isopsychon isópsychon

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