Transliteration: rûach

Phonetic: roo'-akh

BDB Definition:

1. wind, breath, mind, spirit
   1. breath
   2. wind
      1. of heaven
      2. quarter (of wind), side
      3. breath of air
      4. air, gas
      5. vain, empty thing
   3. spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
      1. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
      2. courage
      3. temper, anger
      4. impatience, patience
      5. spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
      6. disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
      7. prophetic spirit
   4. spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
      1. as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
   5. spirit (as seat of emotion)
      1. desire
      2. sorrow, trouble
   6. spirit
      1. as seat or organ of mental acts
      2. rarely of the will
      3. as seat especially of moral character
   7. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
      1. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
      2. as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
      3. imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
      4. as endowing men with various gifts
      5. as energy of life
      6. as manifest in the Shekinah glory
      7. never referred to as a depersonalized force

Origin: from H7306" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7306

TWOT entry: 2131a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine