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רוּחַ

ru.achH7307

spirit

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H7307G · רוּחַ · spirit

What it means

  • wind, breath, mind, spirit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : spirit
  • 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
  • 1a) breath
  • 1b) wind
  • 1b1) of heaven
  • 1b2) quarter (of wind), side
  • 1b3) breath of air
  • 1b4) air, gas
  • 1b5) vain, empty thing
  • 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
  • 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
  • 1c2) courage
  • 1c3) temper, anger
  • 1c4) impatience, patience
  • 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
  • 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
  • 1c7) prophetic spirit
  • 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
  • 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
  • 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
  • 1e1) desire
  • 1e2) sorrow, trouble
  • 1f) spirit
  • 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
  • 1f2) rarely of the will
  • 1f3) as seat especially of moral character
  • 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  • 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
  • 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
  • 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
  • 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
  • 1g5) as energy of life
  • 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
  • 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

H7307H · רוּחַ · spirit: breath

What it means

  • wind, breath, mind, spirit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : breath/wind
  • 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
  • 1a) breath
  • 1b) wind
  • 1b1) of heaven
  • 1b2) quarter (of wind), side
  • 1b3) breath of air
  • 1b4) air, gas
  • 1b5) vain, empty thing
  • 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
  • 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
  • 1c2) courage
  • 1c3) temper, anger
  • 1c4) impatience, patience
  • 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
  • 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
  • 1c7) prophetic spirit
  • 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
  • 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
  • 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
  • 1e1) desire
  • 1e2) sorrow, trouble
  • 1f) spirit
  • 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
  • 1f2) rarely of the will
  • 1f3) as seat especially of moral character
  • 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  • 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
  • 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
  • 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
  • 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
  • 1g5) as energy of life
  • 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
  • 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

H7307I · רוּחַ · spirit: side

What it means

  • wind, breath, mind, spirit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : side
  • 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
  • 1a) breath
  • 1b) wind
  • 1b1) of heaven
  • 1b2) quarter (of wind), side
  • 1b3) breath of air
  • 1b4) air, gas
  • 1b5) vain, empty thing
  • 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
  • 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
  • 1c2) courage
  • 1c3) temper, anger
  • 1c4) impatience, patience
  • 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
  • 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
  • 1c7) prophetic spirit
  • 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
  • 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
  • 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
  • 1e1) desire
  • 1e2) sorrow, trouble
  • 1f) spirit
  • 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
  • 1f2) rarely of the will
  • 1f3) as seat especially of moral character
  • 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  • 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
  • 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
  • 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
  • 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
  • 1g5) as energy of life
  • 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
  • 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

H7307J · רוּחַ · spirit: temper

What it means

  • wind, breath, mind, spirit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : temper
  • 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
  • 1a) breath
  • 1b) wind
  • 1b1) of heaven
  • 1b2) quarter (of wind), side
  • 1b3) breath of air
  • 1b4) air, gas
  • 1b5) vain, empty thing
  • 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
  • 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
  • 1c2) courage
  • 1c3) temper, anger
  • 1c4) impatience, patience
  • 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
  • 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
  • 1c7) prophetic spirit
  • 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
  • 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
  • 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
  • 1e1) desire
  • 1e2) sorrow, trouble
  • 1f) spirit
  • 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
  • 1f2) rarely of the will
  • 1f3) as seat especially of moral character
  • 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  • 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
  • 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
  • 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
  • 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
  • 1g5) as energy of life
  • 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
  • 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

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

  • Genesis11
  • Exodus11
  • Numbers14
  • Deuteronomy2
  • Joshua2
  • Judges10
  • 1 Samuel16
  • 2 Samuel3
  • 1 Kings11
  • 2 Kings5
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles10
  • Ezra2
  • Nehemiah2
  • Job31
  • Psalms39
  • Proverbs21
  • Ecclesiastes24
  • Isaiah51
  • Jeremiah18
  • Lamentations1
  • Ezekiel52
  • Daniel4
  • Hosea7
  • Joel2
  • Amos1
  • Jonah2
  • Micah3
  • Habakkuk2
  • Haggai4
  • Zechariah9
  • Malachi3

Every use · 1–50 of 378 · BSB

  1. Genesis 1:2וְר֣וּחַand [the] spirit of

    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

  2. Genesis 3:8לְר֣וּחַto [the] wind of

    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

  3. Genesis 6:3רוּחִ֤יspirit my

    So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

  4. Genesis 6:17ר֣וּחַ[the] breath of

    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

  5. Genesis 7:15ר֥וּחַ[the] breath of

    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

  6. Genesis 7:22ר֨וּחַ[the] breath of

    Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

  7. Genesis 8:1ר֙וּחַ֙a wind

    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

  8. Genesis 26:35ר֑וּחַspirit

    And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

  9. Genesis 41:8רוּח֔וֹspirit his

    In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

  10. Genesis 41:38ר֥וּחַ[the] spirit of

    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

  11. Genesis 45:27ר֖וּחַ[the] spirit of

    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

  12. Exodus 6:9ר֔וּחַspirit

    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

  13. Exodus 10:13ר֥וּחַa wind of

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

  14. Exodus 10:13וְר֙וּחַ֙and [the] wind of

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

  15. Exodus 10:19רֽוּחַ־a wind

    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

  16. Exodus 14:21בְּר֨וּחַby a wind

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

  17. Exodus 15:8וּבְר֤וּחַand by [the] breath of

    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

  18. Exodus 15:10בְרוּחֲךָ֖with breath your

    But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  19. Exodus 28:3ר֣וּחַa spirit of

    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.

  20. Exodus 31:3ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

  21. Exodus 35:21רוּח֜וֹspirit his

    And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

  22. Exodus 35:31ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

  23. Numbers 5:14רֽוּחַ־a spirit of

    and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

  24. Numbers 5:14רֽוּחַ־a spirit of

    and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

  25. Numbers 5:30ר֥וּחַa spirit of

    or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

  26. Numbers 11:17הָר֛וּחַthe spirit

    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

  27. Numbers 11:25הָר֙וּחַ֙the spirit

    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

  28. Numbers 11:25הָר֔וּחַthe spirit

    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

  29. Numbers 11:26הָר֗וּחַthe spirit

    Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

  30. Numbers 11:29רוּח֖וֹspirit his

    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”

  31. Numbers 11:31וְר֜וּחַand a wind

    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

  32. Numbers 14:24ר֤וּחַa spirit

    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

  33. Numbers 16:22הָרוּחֹ֖תthe spirits

    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

  34. Numbers 24:2ר֥וּחַ[the] spirit of

    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

  35. Numbers 27:16הָרוּחֹ֖תthe spirits

    “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

  36. Numbers 27:18ר֣וּחַa spirit

    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

  37. Deuteronomy 2:30רוּח֗וֹspirit his

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

  38. Deuteronomy 34:9ר֣וּחַa spirit of

    Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  39. Joshua 2:11ר֛וּחַspirit

    When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

  40. Joshua 5:1ר֔וּחַspirit

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

  41. Judges 3:10רֽוּחַ־[the] spirit of

    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

  42. Judges 6:34וְר֣וּחַand [the] spirit of

    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.

  43. Judges 8:3רוּחָם֙spirit their

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

  44. Judges 9:23ר֣וּחַa spirit

    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

  45. Judges 11:29ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

  46. Judges 13:25ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  47. Judges 14:6ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

  48. Judges 14:19ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

  49. Judges 15:14ר֣וּחַ[the] spirit of

    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

  50. Judges 15:19רוּח֖וֹspirit his

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

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