Nephesh נֶ֫פֶשׁ

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Nephesh
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
Transliterationnephesh
Strong's numberH5315 (H5315G, H5315H, H5315I, H5315J, H5315L, H5315K, H5315M, H5315N)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosssoul
Occurrences754 in 683 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (141)

Nephesh (Hebrew נֶ֫פֶשׁ, Strong's H5315) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “soul”. It occurs 754 times in 683 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5315G: soul

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315H: soul: life

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315I: soul: myself

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315J: soul: person

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315L: soul: appetite

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315K: soul: animal

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315M: soul: dead

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

H5315N: soul: neck

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsoul (416), life (99), souls (58), lives (17), persons (15), person (14), heart (12), mind (11), creature (9), body (8), himself (8), yourselves (6), and 34 other renderings
BSBmy soul (80), soul (34), my life (33), life (29), his life (26), his soul (23), your life (23), i (22), you (19), person (19), your soul (19), himself (15), and 150 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Nephesh occurs in 683 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (39): 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:30, 2:7, 2:19, 9:4, 9:5, 9:10, 9:12, 9:15, 9:16, 12:5, 12:13, 14:21, 17:14, 19:17, 19:19, 19:20, 23:8, 27:4, 27:19, 27:25, 27:31, 32:30, 34:3, 34:8, 35:18, 36:6, 37:21, 42:21, 44:30, 46:15, 46:18, 46:22, 46:25, 46:26, 46:27, 49:6

Exodus (15): 1:5, 4:19, 12:4, 12:15, 12:16, 12:19, 15:9, 16:16, 21:23, 21:30, 23:9, 30:12, 30:15, 30:16, 31:14

Leviticus (48): 2:1, 4:2, 4:27, 5:1, 5:2, 5:4, 5:15, 5:17, 6:2, 7:18, 7:20, 7:21, 7:25, 7:27, 11:10, 11:43, 11:44, 11:46, 16:29, 16:31, 17:10, 17:11, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 18:29, 19:8, 19:28, 20:6, 20:25, 21:1, 21:11, 22:3, 22:4, 22:6, 22:11, 23:27, 23:29, 23:30, 23:32, 24:17, 24:18, 26:11, 26:15, 26:16, 26:30, 26:43, 27:2

Numbers (44): 5:2, 5:6, 6:6, 6:11, 9:6, 9:7, 9:10, 9:13, 11:6, 15:27, 15:28, 15:30, 15:31, 16:38, 19:11, 19:13, 19:18, 19:20, 19:22, 21:4, 21:5, 23:10, 29:7, 30:2, 30:4, 30:5, 30:6, 30:7, 30:8, 30:9, 30:10, 30:11, 30:12, 30:13, 31:19, 31:28, 31:35, 31:40, 31:46, 31:50, 35:11, 35:15, 35:30, 35:31

Deuteronomy (31): 4:9, 4:15, 4:29, 6:5, 10:12, 10:22, 11:13, 11:18, 12:15, 12:20, 12:21, 12:23, 13:3, 13:6, 14:26, 18:6, 19:6, 19:11, 19:21, 21:14, 22:26, 23:24, 24:6, 24:7, 24:15, 26:16, 27:25, 28:65, 30:2, 30:6, 30:10

Joshua (15): 2:13, 2:14, 9:24, 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 (8): 5:18, 5:21, 9:17, 10:16, 12:3, 16:16, 16:30, 18:25

Ruth (1): 4:15

1 Samuel (28): 1:10, 1:15, 1:26, 2:16, 2:33, 2:35, 17:55, 18:1, 18:3, 19:5, 19:11, 20:1, 20:3, 20:4, 20:17, 22:2, 22:22, 22:23, 23:15, 23:20, 24:11, 25:26, 25:29, 26:21, 26:24, 28:9, 28:21, 30:6

2 Samuel (14): 1:9, 3:21, 4:8, 4:9, 5:8, 11:11, 14:7, 14:14, 14:19, 16:11, 17:8, 18:13, 19:5, 23:17

1 Kings (18): 1:12, 1:29, 2:4, 2:23, 3:11, 8:48, 11:37, 17:21, 17:22, 19:2, 19:3, 19:4, 19:10, 19:14, 20:31, 20:32, 20:39, 20:42

2 Kings (13): 1:13, 1:14, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 4:27, 4:30, 7:7, 9:15, 10:24, 12:4, 23:3, 23:25

1 Chronicles (4): 5:21, 11:19, 22:19, 28:9

2 Chronicles (4): 1:11, 6:38, 15:12, 34:31

Esther (6): 4:13, 7:3, 7:7, 8:11, 9:16, 9:31

Job (33): 2:4, 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, 18:4, 19:2, 21:25, 23:13, 24:12, 27:2, 27:8, 30:16, 30:25, 31:30, 31:39, 32:2, 33:18, 33:20, 33:22, 33:28, 33:30, 36:14, 41:21

Psalms (141): 3:2, 6:3, 6:4, 7:2, 7:5, 10:3, 11:1, 11:5, 13:2, 16:10, 17:9, 17:13, 19:7, 22:20, 22:29, 23:3, 24:4, 25:1, 25:13, 25:20, 26:9, 27:12, 30:3, 31:7, 31:9, 31:13, 33:19, 33:20, 34:2, 34:22, 35:3, 35:4, 35:7, 35:9, 35:12, 35:13, 35:17, 35:25, 38:12, 40:14, 41:2, 41:4, 42:1, 42:2, 42:4, 42:5, 42:6, 42:11, 43:5, 44:25, 49:8, 49:15, 49:18, 54:3, 54:4, 55:18, 56:6, 56:13, 57:1, 57:4, 57:6, 59:3, 62:1, 62:5, 63:1, 63:5, 63:8, 63:9, 66:9, 66:16, 69:1, 69:10, 69:18, 70:2, 71:10, 71:13, 71:23, 72:13, 72:14, 74:19, 77:2, 78:18, 78:50, 84:2, 86:2, 86:4, 86:13, 86:14, 88:3, 88:14, 89:48, 94:17, 94:19, 94:21, 97:10, 103:1, 103:2, 103:22, 104:1, 104:35, 105:18, 105:22, 106:15, 107:5, 107:9, 107:18, 107:26, 109:20, 109:31, 116:4, 116:7, 116:8, 119:20, 119:25, 119:28, 119:81, 119:109, 119:129, 119:167, 119:175, 120:2, 120:6, 121:7, 123:4, 124:4, 124:5, 124:7, 130:5, 130:6, 131:2, 138:3, 139:14, 141:8, 142:4, 142:7, 143:3, 143:6, 143:8, 143:11, 143:12, 146:1

Proverbs (54): 1:18, 1:19, 2:10, 3:22, 6:16, 6:26, 6:30, 6:32, 7:23, 8:36, 10:3, 11:17, 11:25, 11:30, 12:10, 13:2, 13:3, 13:4, 13:8, 13:19, 13:25, 14:10, 14:25, 15:32, 16:17, 16:24, 16:26, 18:7, 19:2, 19:8, 19:15, 19:16, 19:18, 20:2, 21:10, 21:23, 22:5, 22:23, 22:25, 23:2, 23:7, 23:14, 24:12, 24:14, 25:13, 25:25, 27:7, 27:9, 28:17, 28:25, 29:10, 29:17, 29:24, 31:6

Ecclesiastes (7): 2:24, 4:8, 6:2, 6:3, 6:7, 6:9, 7:28

Song of Solomon (7): 1:7, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 6:12

Isaiah (32): 1:14, 3:9, 3:20, 5:14, 10:18, 15:4, 19:10, 26:8, 26:9, 29:8, 32:6, 38:15, 38:17, 42:1, 43:4, 44:20, 46:2, 47:14, 49:7, 51:23, 53:10, 53:11, 53:12, 55:2, 55:3, 56:11, 58:3, 58:5, 58:10, 58:11, 61:10, 66:3

Jeremiah (58): 2:24, 2:34, 3:11, 4:10, 4:19, 4:30, 4:31, 5:9, 5:29, 6:8, 6:16, 9:9, 11:21, 12:7, 13:17, 14:19, 15:1, 15:9, 17:21, 18:20, 19:7, 19:9, 20:13, 21:7, 21:9, 22:25, 22:27, 26:19, 31:12, 31:14, 31:25, 32:41, 34:16, 34:20, 34:21, 37:9, 38:2, 38:16, 38:17, 38:20, 39:18, 40:14, 40:15, 42:20, 43:6, 44:7, 44:14, 44:30, 45:5, 46:26, 48:6, 49:37, 50:19, 51:6, 51:14, 51:45, 52:29, 52:30

Lamentations (12): 1:11, 1:16, 1:19, 2:12, 2:19, 3:17, 3:20, 3:24, 3:25, 3:51, 3:58, 5:9

Ezekiel (33): 3:19, 3:21, 4:14, 7:19, 13:18, 13:19, 13:20, 14:14, 14:20, 16:5, 16:27, 17:17, 18:4, 18:20, 18:27, 22:25, 22:27, 23:17, 23:18, 23:22, 23:28, 24:21, 24:25, 25:6, 25:15, 27:13, 27:31, 32:10, 33:5, 33:6, 33:9, 36:5, 47:9

Hosea (2): 4:8, 9:4

Amos (3): 2:14, 2:15, 6:8

Jonah (5): 1:14, 2:5, 2:7, 4:3, 4:8

Micah (3): 6:7, 7:1, 7:3

Habakkuk (3): 2:4, 2:5, 2:10

Haggai (1): 2:13

Zechariah (1): 11:8

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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