Strong’s H5315
נֶפֶשׁ — nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- H5315
- /neh'-fesh/
- 757× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- nephesh
- Pronunciation
- neh'-fesh
- Occurrences
- 757
Meaning
- Hebrew
- נֶפֶשׁ
- Definition
- properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- Derivation
- from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);
- King James Version renders it as
- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
Derived from
- נָפַשׁ nâphashH5314 · to breathe · 3×
Where it appears
The first verses that use nephesh (757 times in all).
Vyanzo
Kila takwimu kwenye ukurasa huu inatoka kwenye vyanzo rasmi au vilivyo wazi vilivyoorodheshwa hapa, pamoja na leseni zake.