Neshamah נְשָׁמָה

Neshamah (Hebrew נְשָׁמָה, Strong's H5397) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “breath”. It occurs 24 times in 24 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Neshamah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 2:7
  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
• Genesis 7:22
  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 20:16
  But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Joshua

• Joshua 10:40
  So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
• Joshua 11:11
  And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
• Joshua 11:14
  And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:16
  And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 15:29
  And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
• 1 Kings 17:17
  And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

Job

• Job 4:9
  By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
• Job 26:4
  To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
• Job 27:3
  All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
• Job 32:8
  But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
• Job 33:4
  The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
• Job 34:14
  If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
• Job 37:10
  By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:15
  Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
• Psalm 150:6
  Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

Proverbs

• Proverbs 20:27
  The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:22
  Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Isaiah 30:33
  For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
• Isaiah 42:5
  Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
• Isaiah 57:16
  For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

Daniel

• Daniel 10:17
  For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

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).