Ruach רוּחַ

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Ruach
רוּחַ
Transliterationruach
Strong's numberH7308
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossspirit
Occurrences11 in 11 verses

Ruach (Aramaic רוּחַ, Strong's H7308) is an Aramaic feminine noun meaning “spirit”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) spirit, wind
1a) wind
1b) spirit
1b1) of man
1b2) seat of the mind

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

Translated as

KJVspirit (8), wind (1), mind (1), winds (1)
BSBspirit (6), wind (1), has the spirit (1), his spirit (1), winds (1), my spirit (1)

Verses

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

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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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