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
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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Matched English: soulPsalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Matched English: soulPsalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Matched English: soulPsalms 143:11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Matched English: soulPsalms 143:12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Matched English: soulPsalms 146:1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Matched English: soulProverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Matched English: livesProverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Matched English: lifeProverbs 2:10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Matched English: soulProverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Matched English: soulProverbs 6:16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Matched English: himProverbs 6:26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Matched English: lifeProverbs 6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Matched English: soulProverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Matched English: soulProverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Matched English: lifeProverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Matched English: soulProverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Matched English: soulProverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Matched English: soulProverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Matched English: soulProverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Matched English: soulsProverbs 12:10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Matched English: lifeProverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Matched English: soulProverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Matched English: lifeProverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Matched English: soul, soul