Word study · Hebrew
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
ne.pheshH5315soul
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 · 201–250 of 754 · BSB
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
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