I have recently run across the fact that the word "life" in the New Testament is actually 3 different Greek words.
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. >zoe
Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. >zoe
Matthew 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. >zoe
Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. >psuche
Mark 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?
>psuche
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. >psuche
Luke 1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. >zoe
Luke 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? >psuche
Luke 10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? >zoe
Luke 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore * I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. >psuche
John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. >zoe
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life >(zoe), and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. >psuche
John 12:25 He that loveth his life >(psuche)shall lose it; and he that hateth his life >(psuche) in this world shall keep it unto life >(zoe) eternal.
These are just a few examples...but it is obvious that we miss some of the deeper meaning by using only the word "life" for all 3 concepts.