Aide

Word study · Hebrew

נֶ֫פֶשׁ

ne.pheshH5315

soul

Used 754 times in the tagged text.

H5315G · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315H · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: life

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315I · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: myself

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315J · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: person

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315K · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: animal

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315L · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: appetite

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315M · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: dead

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315N · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: neck

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

Same idea, other words · Spirit, breath and soul

In both languages the word for spirit also means breath or wind, and the word for soul can mean life itself. Translators have to choose; readers should know there is a choice.

Where it appears

  • Genesis43
  • Exodus17
  • Leviticus60
  • Numbers50
  • Deuteronomy35
  • Joshua16
  • Judges10
  • Ruth1
  • 1 Samuel34
  • 2 Samuel17
  • 1 Kings23
  • 2 Kings15
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles4
  • Esther6
  • Job35
  • Psalms144
  • Proverbs56
  • Ecclesiastes7
  • Song of Songs7
  • Isaiah34
  • Jeremiah62
  • Lamentations12
  • Ezekiel42
  • Hosea2
  • Amos3
  • Jonah5
  • Micah3
  • Habakkuk3
  • Haggai1
  • Zechariah2

Every use · 151–200 of 754 · BSB

  1. Numbers 30:7נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

  2. Numbers 30:8נַפְשָׁ֑הּself her

    But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.

  3. Numbers 30:9נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

  4. Numbers 30:10נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

  5. Numbers 30:11נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

  6. Numbers 30:12נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

  7. Numbers 30:13נָ֑פֶשׁself

    Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

  8. Numbers 31:19נֶ֜פֶשׁanyone

    All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

  9. Numbers 31:28נֶ֔פֶשׁperson

    Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.

  10. Numbers 31:35וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand [the] person[s] of

    and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.

  11. Numbers 31:35נֶ֕פֶשׁperson

    and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.

  12. Numbers 31:40וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand [the] person[s] of

    and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.

  13. Numbers 31:40נָֽפֶשׁperson[s]

    and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.

  14. Numbers 31:46וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand person[s] of

    and 16,000 people.

  15. Numbers 31:50נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּselves our

    So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

  16. Numbers 35:11נֶ֖פֶשׁ<of> a person

    designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

  17. Numbers 35:15נֶ֖פֶשׁ<of> a person

    These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

  18. Numbers 35:30נֶ֔פֶשׁ<of> a person

    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

  19. Numbers 35:30בְנֶ֖פֶשׁagainst anyone

    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

  20. Numbers 35:31לְנֶ֣פֶשׁfor [the] life of

    You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

  21. Deuteronomy 4:9נַפְשְׁךָ֜self your

    Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

  22. Deuteronomy 4:15לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םto selves your

    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

  23. Deuteronomy 4:29נַפְשֶֽׁךָbeing your

    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

  24. Deuteronomy 6:5נַפְשְׁךָ֖being your

    And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

  25. Deuteronomy 10:12נַפְשֶֽׁךָbeing your

    And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

  26. Deuteronomy 10:22נֶ֔פֶשׁperson[s]

    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

  27. Deuteronomy 11:13נַפְשְׁכֶֽםbeing your

    So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

  28. Deuteronomy 11:18נַפְשְׁכֶ֑םbeing your

    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

  29. Deuteronomy 12:15נַפְשְׁךָ֜self your

    But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

  30. Deuteronomy 12:20נַפְשְׁךָ֖appetite your

    When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

  31. Deuteronomy 12:20נַפְשְׁךָ֖appetite your

    When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

  32. Deuteronomy 12:21נַפְשֶֽׁךָself your

    If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

  33. Deuteronomy 12:23הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ[is] the life

    Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  34. Deuteronomy 12:23הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁthe life

    Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  35. Deuteronomy 13:3נַפְשְׁכֶֽםbeing your

    you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

  36. Deuteronomy 13:6כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖[is] like self your

    If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

  37. Deuteronomy 14:26נַפְשְׁךָ֜appetite your

    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

  38. Deuteronomy 14:26נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָappetite your

    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

  39. Deuteronomy 18:6נַפְשׁ֔וֹself his

    Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

  40. Deuteronomy 19:6נָ֑פֶשׁlife

    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

  41. Deuteronomy 19:11נֶ֖פֶשׁlife

    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

  42. Deuteronomy 19:21נֶ֣פֶשׁlife

    You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

  43. Deuteronomy 19:21בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁfor life

    You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

  44. Deuteronomy 21:14לְנַפְשָׁ֔הּfor self her

    And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

  45. Deuteronomy 22:26נֶ֔פֶשׁlife

    Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

  46. Deuteronomy 23:24כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖according to appetite your

    When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

  47. Deuteronomy 24:6נֶ֖פֶשׁa life

    Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

  48. Deuteronomy 24:7נֶ֤פֶשׁa person

    If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

  49. Deuteronomy 24:15נַפְשׁ֑וֹdesire his

    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  50. Deuteronomy 26:16נַפְשֶֽׁךָbeing your

    The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Text, tags and lexicon: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.