Lexicon :: Strong's H5315 - nep̄eš

נֶפֶשׁ

Transliteration

nep̄eš

Pronunciation

neh'-fesh

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From נָפַשׁ (H5314)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1395a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh, neh'-fesh; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 753x

The KJV translates Strong's H5315 in the following manner: soul (475x), life (117x), person (29x), mind (15x), heart (15x), creature (9x), body (8x), himself (8x), yourselves (6x), dead (5x), will (4x), desire (4x), man (3x), themselves (3x), any (3x), appetite (2x), miscellaneous (47x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 753x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
2. living being
3. living being (with life in the blood)
4. the man himself, self, person or individual
5. seat of the appetites
6. seat of emotions and passions
7. activity of mind
  1. dubious
8. activity of the will
  1. dubious
9. activity of the character
  1. dubious

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STRONGS H5315: Abbreviations

נֶ֫פֶשׁ ₇₅₆ noun feminine^{Genesis 49:6} (so even Genesis 2:19; Numbers 31:28; 1 Kings 19:2 see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 42} SS) soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion (Ecclesiasticus 3:18; 4:1 (twice in verse); Ecclesiasticus 4:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiasticus 13:12; Ecclesiasticus 14:11); — נ׳ Genesis 1:20 +; נָ֑פֶשׁ Genesis 37:21 +; suffix נַפְשִׁי Genesis 12:13 +; plural נְפָשׁוֺת Ezekiel 13:18 + 13 times; נְפָשֹׁת Exodus 12:4; Leviticus 27:2; construct נַפְשׁוֺת Genesis 36:6 + 4 times; נַפְשֹׁת Leviticus 21:11; נְפָשִׁים Ezekiel 13:20 (but read חָפְשִׁים, see Co Berthol Toy); suffix נַפְשׁוֺתָם 2 Samuel 23:17 +; נַפְשֹׁתָם Numbers 17:3 +: —

1. = that which breathes, the breathing substance or being = ψυχή, anima, the soul, the inner being of man:

a. distinguished from ׃בָּשָׂר מִנֶּפֶשׁ וְעַד בָּשָׂר Isaiah 10:18; הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם הַבָּשָׂר Deuteronomy 12:23; from שְׁאֵר Proverbs 11:17; from בֶּטֶן body Psalm 31:10.

b. both the inner נפשׁ and the outer בשׂר are conceived as resting on a common substratum: אַךְ בְּשָׂרוֺ עָלָיו יִכְאָ֑ב וְנַפְשׁוֺ עָלָיו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃ Job 14:22 only his flesh upon him is in pain, and his soul upon him mourneth; compare Psalm 42:5; Psalm 42:7; Psalm 131:2; Job 30:16; Lamentations 3:20 [see עַל 1d], all poetical (compare 6 c).

c. נ׳ departs at death and returns with life: וַיְתִי בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מֵתָה Genesis 35:18 (E) and it came to pass when her soul was going forth (for she died); בַפְשָׁהּ נָֽפְחָה Jeremiah 15:9 she breathed out her soul, compare 1 Kings 17:21, 22; Job 11:20; Job 31:39.

d. often desired that the נפשׁ may be delivered: from She’ôl Psalm 16:10; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 49:16; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 89:49; Proverbs 23:14; from שַׁחַת, the pit of She’ôl, Isaiah 38:17; Job 33:18, 22, 28, 30.

2. The נפשׁ becomes a living being: by God's breathing נשׁמת חיים into the nostrils of its בשׂר; of man Genesis 2:7 (J); by implication of animals also Genesis 2:19 (J); so Psalm 104:29; Psalm 104:30; compare Psalm 66:9; man is נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, a living, breathing being Genesis 2:7 (J); elsewhere נפשׁ חיּה always of animals Genesis 1:20, 24, 30; Genesis 9:12, 15, 16 (all P), Ezekiel 47:9; so נפשׁ החיּה Genesis 1:21; Genesis 9:10 (both P), Leviticus 11:10, 46 (H); נפשׁ השׁרצת Leviticus 11:46 (H); נפשׁ כל חי Job 12:10. נפשׁ is frequently used with the verb ׃חיה וחיתה נפשׁ Genesis 12:13; Genesis 19:20 (both J), 1 Kings 20:32 (E), Psalm 119:175; Jeremiah 38:17, 20; חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 14:9; 2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6; 2 Kings 4:30 (all J E); compare † יְחַיֶּה נ׳ 1 Kings 20:31 (E), Ezekiel 18:27; Psalm 22:30; also Genesis 19:19; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 3:22.

3. The נפשׁ (without חיה noun or verb) is specified:

a. a living being whose life resides in the blood [so in Arabic We^{Skizzen iii. 217} G. Jacob^{Arab. Dicht. iv. 9 f.}] (hence sacrificial use of blood, and its prohibition in other uses; first in D), Deuteronomy 12:23, 24 only be sure that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is the living being (הַדָּם הוּא הַנֶּפֶשׁ); and thou shalt not eat the living being with the flesh (הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם הַבָּשָׂר); thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water; this is enlarged in H, Leviticus 17:10, 11, 12, 14 and in P Genesis 9:4, 5, compare Jeremiah 2:34.

b. a serious attack upon the life is an attack upon this inner living being 2 Samuel 1:9; Jeremiah 4:10; Jonah 2:6; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 124:4; Psalm 124:5; Job 27:3.

c. נפשׁ is used for life itself + 171 times, of animals Proverbs 12:10, and of man Genesis 44:30 (J); נפשׁ תחת נפשׁ life for life Exodus 21:23 (E), Leviticus 24:18 (H), 1 Kings 20:39, 42; 2 Kings 10:24; נפשׁנו תחתיכם Joshua 2:14 (J); נפשׁ בנפשׁ Deuteronomy 19:21; בנפשׁ for the life of 2 Samuel 14:7; Jonah 1:14; שׂם נפשׁ בכף put life in one's own hand Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 13:14; חרף נפשׁו למות Judges 5:18 risked his life to die; † בנפשׁ at the risk of life Numbers 17:3 (P), 2 Samuel 23:17 = 1 Chronicles 11:19 (twice in verse), 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 7:23; Lamentations 5:9; † בקּשׁ נפשׁ Exodus 4:19 (J), 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 22:23 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Jeremiah 4:30; 11:21; 19:7, 9; 21:7; 22:25; 34:20, 21; 38:16; 44:30 (twice in verse); 46:26; 49:37; Psalm 35:4; 38:13; 40:15; 54:5; 63:10; 70:3; 86:14; Proverbs 29:10; † שׁאל נ׳ 1 Kings 3:11 2 Chronicles 1:11; 1 Kings 19:4 = Jonah 4:8; † הִכָּה נפשׁ smite mortally Genesis 37:21 (J), Deuteronomy 19:6, 11; Jeremiah 40:14, 15; † לקח נ׳ 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3; Psalm 31:14; Proverbs 1:19; † הִצִּיל נֶפֶשׁ מִמָּוֶת deliver life from death Joshua 2:13; Psalm 33:19; Psalm 56:14; † מלּט נפשׁ 1 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:6 (4 times in verse); 1 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:6; Jeremiah 51:6, 45; Ezekiel 33:5; Amos 2:14, 15; Psalm 89:49; Psalm 116:4; † פדה נ׳ 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Psalm 34:23; Psalm 49:16; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 71:23; † שׁמר נ׳ Psalm 25:20; Psalm 97:10; Job 2:6; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 19:16; Proverbs 22:5.

4. The נפשׁ as the essential of man stands for the man himself:

a. paraphrase for personal pronoun especially in poetry and ornate discourse, + 70 times;

(1) נַפְשִׁי = me: אל תבא נפשׁי Genesis 49:6 let me not enter (poem in J); מות ישׁרים תָּמֹת נ׳ Numbers 23:10 let me die, etc. (poem); תָּמוֺת נַפְשְׁי Judges 16:30 (J); אמרה נפשׁי Lamentations 3:24 I say.

(2) נַפְשְׁךָ = thee: לְאֻמִּים תַּחַת נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ Isaiah 43:4 peoples instead of thee; אָֽמְרוּ לְנַפְשֵׁךְ Isaiah 51:23.

(3) נַפְשׁוֺ = he: נפשׁו בטוב תלין Psalms he will not dwell in good circumstances.

(4) נַפְשֵׁנוּ = we: נִמְלְטָה כְּצפּוֹר נַפְשֵׁנוּ יוֺקְשִׁים מִפַּח Psalm 124:7.

(5) נַפְשָׁם = they, them: נַפְשָׁם בַּשְּׁבִי הָלָ֑כָה Isaiah 46:2 they are gone into captivity; אוי לנפשׁם Isaiah 3:9.

b. = reflexive, self, + 53 times: אסר על נפשׁ bind oneself Numbers 30:3; 30:5 (twice in verse); 30:6; 30:7; 30:8; 30:9; 30:10; 30:11; 30:12; לְעַנֹּת נ׳ Numbers 30:14 to afflict oneself.

(1) נַפְשִׁי = myself: לא אדע נפשׁי Job 9:21 I know not myself.

(2) נַפְשְׁךָ = thyself: שׁמר נ׳ Deuteronomy 4:9 keep thyself.

(3) נַפְשׁוֺ = himself: אהב כנ׳ 1 Samuel 18:1, 3; 1 Samuel 20:17 loved as himself.

(4) נַפְשָׁהּ = herself: צדּקה נ׳ Jeremiah 3:11 justified herself.

(5) נַפְשָׁם = themselves: הציל נ׳ deliver themselves Isaiah 47:14; Ezekiel 14:14, 20.

(6) נַפְשְׁכֶם, נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם = yourselves: אַלתַּֿשִּׁאוּ נ׳ Jeremiah 37:9 deceive not yourselves, also Jeremiah 42:20; Jeremiah 44:7; ענּה נ׳ Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:27, 32; Numbers 29:7 (P); נשׁמרתם לנ׳ Deuteronomy 4:15; Joshua 23:11 (D).

(7) נַפְשׁוֺתֵינוּ = ourselves: על נ׳ Jeremiah 26:19 against ourselves.

c. = person of man, individual, + 144 times, first in D²; especially in H, P, and kindred writers:

(1) with אָדָם: אדם נ׳ Leviticus 24:17 opposed to בהמה נ׳ Leviticus 24:18 (both H), and so אדם נ׳ human persons Numbers 31:35, 40, 46 (P) 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezekiel 27:13. Elsewhere without אדם : ברכה נ׳ Proverbs 11:25 one who blesses; רְמִיָּה נ׳ Proverbs 19:15 idle person; תחת נ׳ נ׳ person in place of person, Job 16:4; כפּר על נ׳ Exodus 30:15, 16; Numbers 15:28; Numbers 31:50 (all P) Leviticus 17:11 (H).

(2) נפשׁ = person, any one: Deuteronomy 24:7; Deuteronomy 27:25; Proverbs 28:17; Ezekiel 18:4 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 33:6; elsewhere only H P: Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 4:2, 27; 5:1, 2, 4, 15, 17; 5:21; 7:18, 20, 21, 25, 27; 23:29, 30 (twice in verse); Numbers 5:6; 15:27, 30; 19:22; 31:19, 28; 35:11, 15, 30 (twice in verse); Joshua 20:3, 9 (all P), Leviticus 17:10, 12, 15; 20:6 (twice in verse); 22:6, 11 (all H); נכרתה הנ׳ הַהִוא מן that person shall be cut off from: only in Genesis 17:14; Exodus 12:15, 19; 31:14; Leviticus 7:20, 21, 27; Numbers 9:13; 15:30, 31; 19:13, 20 (all P), Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:3 (both H).

† (3) נפשׁ collective for persons, in enumerations: Deuteronomy 10:22; Joshua 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:39; Joshua 11:11 (all D²) Jeremiah 43:6; Jeremiah 52:29, 30 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 22:25; elsewhere only Genesis 12:5; Genesis 46:15, 18, 22, 25, 26 (twice in verse); Genesis 46:27 (twice in verse); Exodus 1:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:16; Numbers 31:35, 40 (all P).

† (4) נְפָשׁוֺת persons Genesis 36:6; Exodus 12:4; Exodus 16:16; Numbers 19:18 (all P), Leviticus 18:29; Leviticus 20:25; Leviticus 27:2 (all H), 2 Kings 12:5; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 14:25; Ezekiel 13:18 (3 times in verse); 13:19 (twice in verse); 13:20 (twice in verse); 17:17; 18:4; 22:27 (נפשׁים 13:20 see above).

† (5) נפשׁ = deceased person, sometimes with מֵת, נֶפֶשׁ מֵת Numbers 6:6 (P), נַפְשֹׁת מֵת ( נֶפֶשׁ) Leviticus 21:11 (H); usually without מֵת, נפשׁ (ה)אדם Numbers 9:6, 7; Numbers 19:11, 13 (P); or simply נפשׁ, Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:1; Leviticus 22:4 (all H) Numbers 5:2; Numbers 6:11; Numbers 9:10 (all P); elsewhere only Haggai 2:13.

5. נפשׁ = seat of the appetites, in all periods (46 times) —

a. hunger: רְעֵבָה נ׳ hungry soul Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; with noun or verb of שׂבע satisfy Isaiah 56:11; Isaiah 58:10; Jeremiah 50:19; Ezekiel 7:19; Psalm 63:6; Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 13:25; Proverbs 27:7; מתוק לנ׳ Proverbs 16:24 sweet to the taste.

b. thirst: עֲיֵפָה נ׳ weary soul Proverbs 25:25; Jeremiah 31:25; כארץ עיפה נ׳ Psalm 143:6; צמאה נ׳ Psalm 42:3; Psalm 63:2.

c. appetite in general: יַקִּיפוּ עָלָיו אֹיְבַי בנ׳ Psalm 17:9 my enemies compass me about with greed; הִרְחִיבָה שְׁאוֺל נַפְשָׁהּ וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ Isaiah 5:14 She’ôl enlarged her appetite, etc., compare Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 23:2 בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ; Ecclesiastes uses נפשׁ only in the sense of a, b, c; the נפשׁ craves, lacks, and is filled with good things: Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 6:2, 3, 7, 9; Ecclesiastes 7:28.

6. = נ׳ seat of emotions and passions (151 times) —

a. desire: † אִוְּתָה נ׳ soul desires Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 14:26; 1 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 3:21; 1 Kings 11:37; Job 23:13; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 21:10; Micah 7:1; תַּאֲוַת נ׳ Psalm 10:3; Isaiah 26:8; † אַוַּת נ׳ Deuteronomy 12:15, 20, 21; Deuteronomy 18:6; 1 Samuel 23:20; Jeremiah 2:24; so also לנפשׁ according to one's desire Deuteronomy 21:14; Psalm 78:18; Jeremiah 34:16; כנפשׁ Deuteronomy 23:25; האח נפשׁנו ah, our desire Psalm 35:25; בנפשׁ at one's desire Psalm 105:22; Ezekiel 16:27; יָֽצְאָה נ'בְדַבְּרוֹ Songs 5:6; נשׂא נ׳ lift up the soul, desire Deuteronomy 24:15; 2 Samuel 14:14 (read אליהם, not אלהים), Psalm 24:4; Psalm 25:1; Psalm 86:4; Psalm 143:8; Proverbs 19:8; Jeremiah 22:27; Jeremiah 44:14; Hosea 4:8.

†b. abhorrence, loathing: געלה נ׳ soul abhorreth Leviticus 26:11, 15, 30, 43 (H) Jeremiah 14:19; בחלה בי וגם נ׳ Zechariah 11:8 and their soul also fell a loathing against me.

c. sorrow and distress: † מרי נ׳ bitter, gloomy, discontented of soul Judges 18:25 (E) 2 Samuel 17:8; Job 3:20; Proverbs 31:6; † מר נ׳ 1 Samuel 22:2 compare Job 7:11; Job 10:1; Isaiah 38:15; Ezekiel 27:1; עָֽגְמָה נ׳ Job 30:35 grieved; אגמי נ׳ sad of soul Isaiah 19:10; תבכה נ׳ my soul shall weep Jeremiah 13:17; ירעה נ׳ his soul trembleth Isaiah 15:4; צרת נ׳ distress of soul Genesis 42:21 (E).

†d. joy: תגיל נ׳ my soul rejoiceth Psalm 35:9; Isaiah 61:10; שׂמּח נ׳ rejoice the soul Psalm 86:4; also Psalm 94:19; Psalm 138:3; Proverbs 29:17.

†e. love: אהבה נ׳ my soul loveth Songs 1:7; Songs 3:1, 2, 3, 4; יְדִדוּת נ׳ darling of my soul Jeremiah 12:7; ב׳ דבקה נ׳ his soul clave unto Genesis 34:3 (J), with אחרי Psalm 63:9; חשׁקה ב׳ נ׳ soul is attached to Genesis 34:8 (P).

f. alienation, hatred, revenge: † מן תֵּקַע נ׳ the soul is alienated from Jeremiah 6:8; Ezekiel 23:17, 18; מן נקעה נ׳ Ezekiel 23:18, 22, 28; שְׂנֻאי נ׳ hated of soul 2 Samuel 5:8 (Qr); שׂנאה נ׳ Psalm 11:5; Isaiah 1:14.

g. other emotions and feelings: השׁיב נ׳ bring back soul Lamentations 1:11, 19 (i.e. revive, compare with שׁוּב 1 Kings 17:21f), hence figurative refresh, cheer, 1 Kings 17:16; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 25:14; Ruth 4:15; שׁובב נ׳ Psalm 23:3; מַחְמַל נ׳ your souls' compassion Ezekiel 24:21; קצרה נ׳ soul was impatient Numbers 21:4 (E), Judges 10:16; Judges 16:16; Zechariah 11:8; כי אאריך נ׳ that I should prolong my patience Job 6:11 הגר ידעתם אתנֿ׳ ye know the feeling of the stranger Exodus 23:9 (R^D).

7. נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts + לבב (see 10); possibly also alone, owing to unconscious assimilation by late writers; but most, if not all, examples may be otherwise explained: נפשׁי ידעת מאד Psalm 139:14 my soul knoweth well (or I know well; compare 4 a); בלא לא טוב דעת נ׳ Proverbs 19:2 that the soul be without knowledge is not good (but RV^m desire without knowledge, compare 6 a); דעה חכמה לנ׳ Proverbs 24:14 know wisdom for thy soul (or according to thy desire, compare6a); אל תדמי בנ׳ Esther 4:13 think not in thy soul (or in thyself, compare 4b); כמו שׁער בג׳ Proverbs 23:7 as he reckoneth in his soul (but RV in himself, compare 4 b); מה תאמר נ׳ 1 Samuel 20:4 (but AV RV following ἐπιθυμεῖ = תְּאַוֶּה; see 6 a).

8. נפשׁ for acts of the will is dubious: אם ישׁ נפשׁכם (את) if it is your purpose Genesis 23:8 (P) 2 Kings 9:15 (or if it is your desire, 6a); בחרה נ׳ my soul chooseth Job 7:15; מאנה נ׳ my soul, refuseth Job 6:7; Psalm 77:3; חפצה נ׳ their soul delighteth in Isaiah 66:3; רצתה נ׳ my soul delighteth in Isaiah 42:1; (all perhaps emotional, 6b, d, g).

9. נפשׁ = character is still more dubious: בּוֹ נ'לא־יָֽשְׁרָה Habakkuk 2:4 his soul is not right in him (but οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ [εὐδοκεῖ = רצתה], see 6); נַפְשִׁי לאֹ מְטֻמָּאָה Ezekiel 4:14 my soul hath not (or I have not, 4a) been polluted.

†10. נ׳ in D, when used with לבב, is assimilated to it, and shares with it the meanings of 7, 8, 9; and so in later writers influenced by D (unless we may think that ל׳ is used of intellect, while נ׳ is used of the feelings): thus, בכל לבב ובכל נפשׁ (see לבב): with דרשׁ Deuteronomy 4:29; 2 Chronicles 15:12; עשׂה Deuteronomy 26:16; אהב Deuteronomy 6:5; 13:4; 30:6; ידע Joshua 23:14; עבד Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:13; Joshua 22:5; שׁמע בקלו Deuteronomy 30:2; שׁוב אל Deuteronomy 30:10; 1 Kings 8:48 2 Chronicles 6:38; 2 Kings 23:25; שׁמר מצות 2 Kings 23:3 2 Chronicles 34:31; הלך לפני 1 Kings 2:4; and Deuteronomy 11:18; 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Chronicles 22:19; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 32:41; Psalm 13:8 [Psalm 13:2] [?]; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 24:12.
Note. — In three cases is generally found closer approach to supposed radical meaning breath: —

a. שׁמן וקטרת ישׂמח לב ומתק רעהו מעצת נפשׁ Proverbs 27:9. Ges (after Döderlein) renders מעצת נ׳ more than odorous trees, so later edds., even Buhl; but De SS transpose) מֵעֲצַת רֵעֵהוּ וּמֶתֶק נ׳. Hi Bi ומתקרעה = the soul is rent asunder by cares. In any case נפשׁ is || לב, compare 10.

b. נַפְשׁוֺ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט Job 41:13 his breath kindleth coals (of the crocodile). The piece is one of the latest in the book; primitive meaning hardly in such a passage; context favours reference to passion or fury; perhaps below 6f, his passion or fury kindleth coals.

c. בָּתֵּי הַנֶּפֶשׁ Isaiah 3:20 perfume boxes; meaning evident from context; but not necessarily scent (breath)-boxes; may be 6 a, boxes of desire, or 5, boxes exciting the sense of smell; = smelling boxes or bottles. No sufficient evidence in Biblical Hebrew, therefore, for meaning breath, odour. — See, for complete study of נֶפֶשׁ (all passages), Br^{JBL 1897,17 ff}.

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Genesis

1:20; 1:20; 1:21; 1:24; 1:30; 2:7; 2:7; 2:19; 2:19; 9:4; 9:5; 9:10; 9:12; 9:15; 9:16; 12:5; 12:13; 12:13; 17:14; 19:19; 19:20; 23:8; 34:3; 34:8; 35:18; 36:6; 36:6; 37:21; 37:21; 42:21; 44:30; 46:15; 46:18; 46:22; 46:25; 46:26; 46:27; 49:6; 49:6

Exodus

1:5; 4:19; 12:4; 12:4; 12:15; 12:16; 12:19; 16:16; 21:23; 23:9; 30:15; 30:16; 31:14

Leviticus

2:1; 4:2; 4:27; 5:1; 5:2; 5:4; 5:15; 5:17; 7:18; 7:20; 7:20; 7:21; 7:21; 7:25; 7:27; 7:27; 11:10; 11:46; 11:46; 16:29; 16:31; 17:10; 17:10; 17:11; 17:11; 17:12; 17:12; 17:14; 17:15; 18:29; 19:8; 19:28; 20:6; 20:25; 21:1; 21:11; 21:11; 22:3; 22:4; 22:6; 22:11; 23:27; 23:29; 23:30; 23:32; 24:17; 24:18; 24:18; 26:11; 26:15; 26:30; 26:43; 27:2; 27:2

Numbers

5:2; 5:6; 6:6; 6:11; 9:6; 9:7; 9:10; 9:13; 15:27; 15:28; 15:30; 15:30; 15:31; 17:3; 17:3; 19:11; 19:13; 19:13; 19:18; 19:20; 19:22; 21:4; 23:10; 29:7; 30:3; 30:5; 30:6; 30:7; 30:8; 30:9; 30:10; 30:11; 30:12; 30:14; 31:19; 31:28; 31:28; 31:35; 31:35; 31:40; 31:40; 31:46; 31:50; 35:11; 35:15; 35:30

Deuteronomy

4:9; 4:15; 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 10:22; 11:13; 11:18; 12:15; 12:20; 12:20; 12:21; 12:23; 12:23; 12:24; 13:4; 14:26; 18:6; 19:6; 19:11; 19:21; 21:14; 23:25; 24:7; 24:15; 26:16; 27:25; 30:2; 30:6; 30:10

Joshua

2:13; 2:14; 10:28; 10:30; 10:32; 10:35; 10:37; 10:39; 11:11; 20:3; 20:9; 22:5; 23:11; 23:14

Judges

5:18; 10:16; 12:3; 16:16; 16:30; 18:25

Ruth

4:15

1 Samuel

1:26; 2:16; 2:35; 17:55; 18:1; 18:3; 19:5; 19:11; 20:3; 20:4; 20:17; 20:21; 22:2; 22:23; 23:15; 23:20; 25:26; 25:29; 28:21

2 Samuel

1:9; 3:21; 4:8; 4:9; 5:8; 11:11; 14:7; 14:9; 14:14; 16:11; 17:8; 19:6; 23:17; 23:17

1 Kings

1:12; 1:29; 2:4; 2:23; 3:11; 8:48; 11:37; 17:16; 17:21; 17:21; 17:22; 19:2; 19:4; 19:4; 19:10; 19:14; 20:31; 20:32; 20:39; 20:42

2 Kings

2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 4:30; 9:15; 10:24; 12:5; 23:3; 23:25

1 Chronicles

5:21; 11:19; 22:19; 28:9

2 Chronicles

1:11; 6:38; 15:12; 34:31

Esther

4:13

Job

2:6; 3:20; 6:7; 6:11; 7:11; 7:15; 9:21; 10:1; 11:20; 12:10; 13:14; 14:22; 16:4; 23:13; 27:3; 30:16; 31:39; 33:18; 33:22; 33:28; 33:30; 41:13

Psalms

10:3; 11:5; 13:2; 16:10; 17:9; 19:8; 22:30; 23:3; 24:4; 25:1; 25:20; 30:4; 31:10; 31:14; 33:19; 35:4; 35:9; 35:25; 38:13; 40:15; 42:3; 42:5; 42:7; 49:16; 49:16; 54:5; 55:19; 63:2; 63:6; 63:9; 63:10; 66:9; 69:2; 70:3; 71:23; 77:3; 78:18; 86:4; 86:4; 86:13; 86:14; 89:49; 89:49; 94:19; 97:10; 104:29; 104:30; 105:22; 107:9; 107:9; 116:4; 119:175; 124:4; 124:5; 124:7; 131:2; 138:3; 139:14; 143:6; 143:8

Proverbs

1:19; 2:10; 3:22; 7:23; 11:17; 11:25; 11:30; 12:10; 13:3; 13:4; 13:25; 14:25; 16:17; 16:24; 19:2; 19:8; 19:15; 19:16; 21:10; 22:5; 23:2; 23:7; 23:14; 24:12; 24:14; 25:14; 25:25; 27:7; 27:7; 27:9; 28:17; 29:10; 29:17; 31:6

Ecclesiastes

2:24; 4:8; 6:2; 6:3; 6:7; 6:9; 7:28

Song of Songs

1:7; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:4; 5:6

Isaiah

1:14; 3:9; 3:20; 5:14; 10:18; 15:4; 19:10; 26:8; 38:15; 38:17; 42:1; 43:4; 46:2; 47:14; 51:23; 55:3; 56:11; 58:10; 61:10; 66:3

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:34; 3:11; 4:10; 4:30; 6:8; 11:21; 12:7; 13:17; 14:19; 15:9; 19:7; 19:9; 21:7; 22:25; 22:27; 26:19; 31:25; 32:41; 34:16; 34:20; 34:21; 37:9; 38:16; 38:17; 38:20; 40:14; 40:15; 42:20; 43:6; 44:7; 44:14; 44:30; 46:26; 48:6; 49:37; 50:19; 51:6; 51:45; 52:29; 52:30

Lamentations

1:11; 1:19; 3:20; 3:24; 5:9

Ezekiel

4:14; 7:19; 13:18; 13:18; 13:19; 13:20; 13:20; 13:20; 14:14; 14:20; 16:27; 17:17; 18:4; 18:4; 18:27; 22:25; 22:27; 23:17; 23:18; 23:18; 23:22; 23:28; 24:21; 27:1; 27:13; 33:5; 33:6; 47:9

Hosea

4:8

Amos

2:14; 2:15

Jonah

1:14; 2:6; 4:3; 4:8

Micah

7:1

Habakkuk

2:4; 2:5

Haggai

2:13

Zechariah

11:8; 11:8

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Strong's Number H5315 matches the Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (nep̄eš),
which occurs 757 times in 683 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 14 (Gen 1:20–Exo 23:9)

Gen 1:20

Gen 1:20 - And God^H430 said,^H559 Let the waters^H4325 bring forth abundantly^H8317 the moving creature^H8318 that hath^H5315 life,^H2416 and fowl^H5775 that may fly^H5774 above^H5921 the earth^H776 in the open^H6440 firmament^H7549 of heaven.^H8064

Gen 1:21

Gen 1:21 - And God^H430 created^H1254 great^H1419 whales,^H8577 and every living^H2416 creature^H5315 that moveth,^H7430 which the waters^H4325 brought forth abundantly,^H8317 after their kind,^H4327 and every winged^H3671 fowl^H5775 after his kind:^H4327 and God^H430 saw^H7200 that it was good.^H2896

Gen 1:24

Gen 1:24 - And God^H430 said,^H559 Let the earth^H776 bring forth^H3318 the living^H2416 creature^H5315 after his kind,^H4327 cattle,^H929 and creeping thing,^H7431 and beast^H2416 of the earth^H776 after his kind:^H4327 and it was so.

Gen 1:30

Gen 1:30 - And to every beast^H2416 of the earth,^H776 and to every fowl^H5775 of the air,^H8064 and to every thing that creepeth^H7430 upon the earth,^H776 wherein there is life,^H2416^H5315 I have given every green^H3418 herb^H6212 for meat:^H402 and it was so.

Gen 2:7

Gen 2:7 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground,^H127 and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life;^H2416 and man^H120 became a living^H2416 soul.^H5315

Gen 2:19

Gen 2:19 - And out of the ground^H127 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 every beast^H2416 of the field,^H7704 and every fowl^H5775 of the air;^H8064 and brought^H935 them unto Adam^H120 to see^H7200 what he would call^H7121 them: and whatsoever Adam^H120 called^H7121 every living^H2416 creature,^H5315 that^H1931 was the name thereof.^H8034

Gen 9:4

Gen 9:4 - But^H389 flesh^H1320 with the life^H5315 thereof, which is the blood^H1818 thereof, shall ye not eat.^H398

Gen 9:5

Gen 9:5 - And surely^H389 your blood^H1818 of your lives^H5315 will I require;^H1875 at the hand^H3027 of every beast^H2416 will I require it,^H1875 and at the hand^H3027 of man;^H120 at the hand^H3027 of every man's^H376 brother^H251 will I require^H1875 the life^H5315 of man.^H120

Gen 9:10

Gen 9:10 - And with every living^H2416 creature^H5315 that is with you, of the fowl,^H5775 of the cattle,^H929 and of every beast^H2416 of the earth^H776 with you; from all that go out^H3318 of the ark,^H8392 to every beast^H2416 of the earth.^H776

Gen 9:12

Gen 9:12 - And God^H430 said,^H559 This is the token^H226 of the covenant^H1285 which I^H589 make^H5414 between me and you and every living^H2416 creature^H5315 that is with you, for perpetual^H5769 generations:^H1755

Gen 9:15

Gen 9:15 - And I will remember^H2142 my covenant,^H1285 which is between me and you and every living^H2416 creature^H5315 of all flesh;^H1320 and the waters^H4325 shall no more^H5750 become a flood^H3999 to destroy^H7843 all flesh.^H1320

Gen 9:16

Gen 9:16 - And the bow^H7198 shall be in the cloud;^H6051 and I will look upon it,^H7200 that I may remember^H2142 the everlasting^H5769 covenant^H1285 between^H996 God^H430 and^H996 every living^H2416 creature^H5315 of all flesh^H1320 that is upon the earth.^H776

Gen 12:5

Gen 12:5 - And Abram^H87 took^H3947 Sarai^H8297 his wife,^H802 and Lot^H3876 his brother's^H251 son,^H1121 and all their substance^H7399 that they had gathered,^H7408 and the souls^H5315 that they had gotten^H6213 in Haran;^H2771 and they went forth^H3318 to go^H3212 into the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and into the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 they came.^H935

Gen 12:13

Gen 12:13 - Say,^H559 I pray thee,^H4994 thou art my sister:^H269 that^H4616 it may be well^H3190 with me for thy sake; and my soul^H5315 shall live^H2421 because of thee.^H1558

Gen 14:21

Gen 14:21 - And the king^H4428 of Sodom^H5467 said^H559 unto Abram,^H87 Give^H5414 me the persons,^H5315 and take^H3947 the goods^H7399 to thyself.

Gen 17:14

Gen 17:14 - And the uncircumcised^H6189 man child^H2145 whose^H834 flesh^H1320 of his foreskin^H6190 is not circumcised,^H4135 that soul^H5315 shall be cut off^H3772 from his people;^H5971 he hath broken^H6565 my covenant.^H1285

Gen 19:17

Gen 19:17 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth^H3318 abroad,^H2351 that he said,^H559 Escape^H4422 for^H5921 thy life;^H5315 look^H5027 not behind thee,^H310 neither stay^H5975 thou in all the plain;^H3603 escape^H4422 to the mountain,^H2022 lest thou be consumed.^H5595

Gen 19:19

Gen 19:19 - Behold now, thy servant^H5650 hath found^H4672 grace^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 and thou hast magnified^H1431 thy mercy,^H2617 which thou hast shewed^H6213 unto me^H5978 in saving^H2421 my life;^H5315 and I cannot^H3201 escape^H4422 to the mountain,^H2022 lest some evil^H7451 take^H1692 me, and I die:^H4191

Gen 19:20

Gen 19:20 - Behold now, this city^H5892 is near^H7138 to flee^H5127 unto, and it^H1931 is a little one:^H4705 Oh, let me escape^H4422 thither, (is it not a little one?)^H4705 and my soul^H5315 shall live.^H2421

Gen 23:8

Gen 23:8 - And he communed^H1696 with them, saying,^H559 If it be^H3426 your mind^H5315 that I should bury^H6912 my dead^H4191 out of my sight;^H6440 hear^H8085 me, and intreat^H6293 for me to Ephron^H6085 the son^H1121 of Zohar,^H6714

Gen 27:4

Gen 27:4 - And make^H6213 me savoury meat,^H4303 such as^H834 I love,^H157 and bring^H935 it to me, that I may eat;^H398 that my soul^H5315 may bless^H1288 thee before^H2962 I die.^H4191

Gen 27:19

Gen 27:19 - And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto his father,^H1 I am Esau^H6215 thy firstborn;^H1060 I have done^H6213 according as thou badest^H1696 me: arise,^H6965 I pray thee, sit^H3427 and eat^H398 of my venison,^H6718 that thy soul^H5315 may bless^H1288 me.

Gen 27:25

Gen 27:25 - And he said,^H559 Bring it near^H5066 to me, and I will eat^H398 of my son's^H1121 venison,^H6718 that my soul^H5315 may bless^H1288 thee. And he brought it near^H5066 to him, and he did eat:^H398 and he brought^H935 him wine,^H3196 and he drank.^H8354

Gen 27:31

Gen 27:31 - And he also had made^H6213 savoury meat,^H4303 and brought it^H935 unto his father,^H1 and said^H559 unto his father,^H1 Let my father^H1 arise,^H6965 and eat^H398 of his son's^H1121 venison,^H6718 that thy soul^H5315 may bless^H1288 me.

Gen 32:30

Gen 32:30 - And Jacob^H3290 called^H7121 the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Peniel:^H6439 for I have seen^H7200 God^H430 face^H6440 to face,^H6440 and my life^H5315 is preserved.^H5337

Gen 34:3

Gen 34:3 - And his soul^H5315 clave^H1692 unto Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Jacob,^H3290 and he loved^H157 the damsel,^H5291 and spake^H1696 kindly^H3820 unto the damsel.^H5291

Gen 34:8

Gen 34:8 - And Hamor^H2544 communed^H1696 with them, saying,^H559 The soul^H5315 of my son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 longeth^H2836 for your daughter:^H1323 I pray you give^H5414 her him to wife.^H802

Gen 35:18

Gen 35:18 - And it came to pass, as her soul^H5315 was in departing,^H3318 (for she died^H4191) that she called^H7121 his name^H8034 Benoni:^H1126 but his father^H1 called^H7121 him Benjamin.^H1144

Gen 36:6

Gen 36:6 - And Esau^H6215 took^H3947 his wives,^H802 and his sons,^H1121 and his daughters,^H1323 and all the persons^H5315 of his house,^H1004 and his cattle,^H4735 and all his beasts,^H929 and all his substance,^H7075 which he had got^H7408 in the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and went^H3212 into the country^H776 from the face^H6440 of his brother^H251 Jacob.^H3290

Gen 37:21

Gen 37:21 - And Reuben^H7205 heard^H8085 it, and he delivered^H5337 him out of their hands;^H3027 and said,^H559 Let us not kill^H5221^H5315 him.

Gen 42:21

Gen 42:21 - And they said^H559 one^H376 to another,^H251 We are verily^H61 guilty^H818 concerning our brother,^H251 in that^H834 we saw^H7200 the anguish^H6869 of his soul,^H5315 when he besought^H2603 us, and we would not hear;^H8085 therefore is this distress^H6869 come^H935 upon us.

Gen 44:30

Gen 44:30 - Now therefore when I come^H935 to thy servant^H5650 my father,^H1 and the lad^H5288 be not with us; seeing that his life^H5315 is bound up^H7194 in the lad's life;^H5315

Gen 46:15

Gen 46:15 - These be the sons^H1121 of Leah,^H3812 which she bare^H3205 unto Jacob^H3290 in Padanaram,^H6307 with his daughter^H1323 Dinah:^H1783 all the souls^H5315 of his sons^H1121 and his daughters^H1323 were thirty^H7970 and three.^H7969

Gen 46:18

Gen 46:18 - These are the sons^H1121 of Zilpah,^H2153 whom Laban^H3837 gave^H5414 to Leah^H3812 his daughter,^H1323 and these she bare^H3205 unto Jacob,^H3290 even sixteen^H6240^H8337 souls.^H5315

Gen 46:22

Gen 46:22 - These are the sons^H1121 of Rachel,^H7354 which were born^H3205 to Jacob:^H3290 all the souls^H5315 were fourteen.^H702^H6240

Gen 46:25

Gen 46:25 - These are the sons^H1121 of Bilhah,^H1090 which Laban^H3837 gave^H5414 unto Rachel^H7354 his daughter,^H1323 and she bare^H3205 these unto Jacob:^H3290 all the souls^H5315 were seven.^H7651

Gen 46:26

Gen 46:26 - All the souls^H5315 that came^H935 with Jacob^H3290 into Egypt,^H4714 which came out^H3318 of his loins,^H3409 besides Jacob's^H3290 sons'^H1121 wives,^H802 all the souls^H5315 were threescore^H8346 and six;^H8337

Gen 46:27

Gen 46:27 - And the sons^H1121 of Joseph,^H3130 which were born^H3205 him in Egypt,^H4714 were two^H8147 souls:^H5315 all the souls^H5315 of the house^H1004 of Jacob,^H3290 which came^H935 into Egypt,^H4714 were threescore and ten.^H7657

Gen 49:6

Gen 49:6 - O my soul,^H5315 come^H935 not thou into their secret;^H5475 unto their assembly,^H6951 mine honour,^H3519 be not thou united:^H3161 for in their anger^H639 they slew^H2026 a man,^H376 and in their selfwill^H7522 they digged down^H6131 a wall.^H7794

Exo 1:5

Exo 1:5 - And all the souls^H5315 that came out^H3318 of the loins^H3409 of Jacob^H3290 were seventy^H7657 souls:^H5315 for Joseph^H3130 was in Egypt^H4714 already.

Exo 4:19

Exo 4:19 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses^H4872 in Midian,^H4080 Go,^H3212 return^H7725 into Egypt:^H4714 for all the men^H582 are dead^H4191 which sought^H1245 thy life.^H5315

Exo 12:4

Exo 12:4 - And if the household^H1004 be^H1961 too little^H4591 for the lamb,^H7716 let him and his neighbour^H7934 next^H7138 unto his house^H1004 take^H3947 it according to the number^H4373 of the souls;^H5315 every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating^H400 shall make your count^H3699 for the lamb.^H7716

Exo 12:15

Exo 12:15 - Seven^H7651 days^H3117 shall ye eat^H398 unleavened bread;^H4682 even^H389 the first^H7223 day^H3117 ye shall put away^H7673 leaven^H7603 out of your houses:^H1004 for whosoever eateth^H398 leavened bread^H2557 from the first^H7223 day^H3117 until the seventh^H7637 day,^H3117 that soul^H5315 shall be cut^H3772 off from Israel.^H3478

Exo 12:16

Exo 12:16 - And in the first^H7223 day^H3117 there shall be an holy^H6944 convocation,^H4744 and in the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 there shall be an holy^H6944 convocation^H4744 to you; no manner of work^H4399 shall be done^H6213 in them, save^H389 that which every man^H5315 must eat,^H398 that only may be done^H6213 of you.

Exo 12:19

Exo 12:19 - Seven^H7651 days^H3117 shall there be no leaven^H7603 found^H4672 in your houses:^H1004 for whosoever eateth^H398 that which is leavened,^H2556 even that soul^H5315 shall be cut off^H3772 from the congregation^H5712 of Israel,^H3478 whether he be a stranger,^H1616 or born^H249 in the land.^H776

Exo 15:9

Exo 15:9 - The enemy^H341 said,^H559 I will pursue,^H7291 I will overtake,^H5381 I will divide^H2505 the spoil;^H7998 my lust^H5315 shall be satisfied^H4390 upon them; I will draw^H7324 my sword,^H2719 my hand^H3027 shall destroy^H3423 them.

Exo 16:16

Exo 16:16 - This is the thing^H1697 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 hath commanded,^H6680 Gather^H3950 of it every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating,^H400 an omer^H6016 for every man,^H1538 according to the number^H4557 of your persons;^H5315 take^H3947 ye every man^H376 for them which are in his tents.^H168

Exo 21:23

Exo 21:23 - And if any mischief follow,^H611 then thou shalt give^H5414 life^H5315 for life,^H5315

Exo 21:30

Exo 21:30 - If there be laid^H7896 on him a sum of money,^H3724 then he shall give^H5414 for the ransom^H6306 of his life^H5315 whatsoever is laid^H7896 upon him.

Exo 23:9

Exo 23:9 - Also thou shalt not oppress^H3905 a stranger:^H1616 for ye know^H3045 the heart^H5315 of a stranger,^H1616 seeing^H3588 ye were strangers^H1616 in the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

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