Quick Definition
ἄψυχος, ον Adj lifeless
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5590; lifeless, i.e. inanimate (mechanical)
KJV Usage: without life
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + ψύχομαι
23.98 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
lifeless, inanimate pertaining to a state of not having life In some translations it may seem strange or even meaningless to speak of ‘musical instruments’ as being ‘lifeless’ or ‘not alive,’ since everyone would obviously know such a fact. It may therefore be necessary to translate as ‘even musical instruments like the flute and the harp, which are obviously not alive, nevertheless produce a sound.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄψυχος, -ov, (ψυχή), without a soul, lifeless : 1 Co. xiv. 7. (In Grk. writ. from [Archil., Simon. and] Aeschylus down.) * Baar
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄψυχος apsychos 1x
void of life or sense, inanimate, 1 Cor. 14:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἄψυχος, -ον
(< ψυχή), [in LXX: Wi 13:17 14:29*;]
inanimate, lifeless: I Co 14:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀψυχος ἄχρι is only an ad/aut variant of μέχρι---566. BrugmannThumb, p. 631. P Oxy VII. 1070°° (iii/A.D.) μὴ ἀμελήσῃς μὴ ἄρα ποτὲ θέλῃς ple]Ta σ[ο]ῦ [Ἥρ]αείδι τὴν τήρησιν τῆς ὅλης οἰκίας παραδιδόναι ἀχρήστου οὔσης αὐτῆς, “do not neglect this, lest indeed you choose to hand over the keeping of the whole house to Herais, who is unworthy ’’ (Ed.). The resemblance to Philem 11 is obvious. Vettius (p. 627) speaks of ἄχρηστα βρέφη. ἄχρι, ἄχρις. No example of ἄχρις has yet been produced from the Ptolemaic papyri. In the Roman period both forms are found, their usage being apparently determined as a rule by the same considerations of euphonyas in the NT. For ἄχρι οὗ cf. P Oxy I. 10418 (a will, A.D. 96) ἄχρι οὗ ἐκπληρώσωσι ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ τριακόσιαι, BGU 1. το δ (a.p. 135) ἄχρι οὗ γράψω τῷ κρατίστῳ ἡγεμόνι and P Oxy III. 5073° (A.D, 169) ἄχρι οὗ ἀποδῶ σοι τὸ κεφάλαιον, etc. Without οὗ, cf. P Oxy III. 4918 (A.D. 126) οὐ]δ᾽ ἄλλως καταχρηματίζειν ἄχρι ἑκάτερος αὐτῶν πληρώσῃ ἔτη εἴκοσι πέντε, τό. IX. 1215. (Π}Π1 A.D.) (please come to me) ἄχρι τὰ πράγματα κατασταλῇ (illit. letter). For.dxpis ἄν cf. BGU IIT. $3018 (i/A.D.) ἄχρις ἄν σοι ἔλθω, α΄. Αχρι of manner ts illustrated by Os¢tr 1129° (A.D. 207) ἄχρι τοῦ ὀψωνίου, P Tebt II. 301% (A.D. 190) ἔσχον τούτου [τὸ ἴπσσον ἄχρι ἐξετάσεως, ““1 have received a copy of this for investigation ” (Edd.). With the phrase ἄχρι τοῦ viv in Rom 822, Phil 15, cf. EGU 1. 2569 (time of Antoninus Pius) péxp[t] τ[οὔ] viv:
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄψυχος (apsuchos) — lifeless. ἄψῡχ-ος, ον, lifeless, inanimate, πόθῳ[Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἃ -ότατα τῶν ὀστῶν with least life or sensation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. θεοί, of statues, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. ἄ. βορά non-animal food, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. spiritless, faint-hearted, κάκη[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of style, lifeless, [Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -χως[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. materialistic, λόγος[Refs 3rd c.AD+]