H5315 – nephesh – נֶפֶשׁ – a gentle breath; fig. a light breeze, life-breath, living creature, a soul
- Strong’s ID:
- H5315
- Hebrew Word:
- נֶפֶשׁ
- Transliteration:
- nephesh
- Pronunciation:
- neh’-fesh
- Part of Speech:
- feminine noun
- Etymology:
- from H5314
- Equivalents:
- G5590
- Usage Count:
- 753
- Search:
- Find “nephesh” in the Bible (Old Testament)
Equip God’s People Hebrew Lexicon
1) a gentle breath
2) figuratively: a light breeze (i.e., the gentle breath of God)
3) figuratively: a life-breath or a living creature (i.e., contains the breath of life)
4) figuratively: a soul, the essence of a human being (i.e., your mind, will, emotions)
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Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon
from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead (-ly), desire, × [dis-] contented, × fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.