H5315 – nephesh – נפשׁany, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X [dis-]contented, X fish, ghost,

Strong’s ID:
H5315
Hebrew Word:
נפשׁ
Transliteration:
nephesh
Pronunciation:
neh’-fesh
Usage Count:
753
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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, X dead(-ly), desire, X [dis-]contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Greek G5590.