Word study · Hebrew
רוּחַ
ru.achH7307spirit
Used 378 times in the tagged text.
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 · 151–200 of 378 · BSB
I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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