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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.

Psalms 23:3

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 24:4

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 25:1

A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Matched English: soul
Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Matched English: will
Psalms 30:3

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Matched English: soul
Psalms 31:9

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Matched English: life
Psalms 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 33:20

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 34:2

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 34:22

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:3

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:4

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:9

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:13

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:17

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Matched English: soul
Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Matched English: it
Psalms 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Matched English: life