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H5315Hebrew

נֶפֶשׁ

Definition and meaning

nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314

Tagged KJV passages

683 matching verses - 753.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Job 2:4

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Matched English: lifeJob 2:6

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Matched English: lifeJob 3:20

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Matched English: soulJob 6:7

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Matched English: soulJob 6:11

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Matched English: lifeJob 7:11

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Matched English: soulJob 7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Matched English: soulJob 9:21

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Matched English: soulJob 10:1

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Matched English: soul, soulJob 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Matched English: ghostJob 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Matched English: soulJob 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Matched English: lifeJob 14:22

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Matched English: soulJob 16:4

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Matched English: soul, soul'sJob 18:4

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Matched English: himselfJob 19:2

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Matched English: soulJob 21:25

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

Matched English: soulJob 23:13

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Matched English: soulJob 24:12

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Matched English: soulJob 27:2

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Matched English: soulJob 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Matched English: soulJob 30:16

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Matched English: soulJob 30:25

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Matched English: soulJob 31:30

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Matched English: soul