- Original: נפשׁ
- Transliteration: Nephesh
- Phonetic: neh'-fesh
- Definition:
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. dubious
h. activity of the will
1. dubious
i. activity of the character
1. dubious
- Origin: from
H5314
- TWOT entry: 1395a
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From
H5314 ; properly a breathing creature that is animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - 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 mortality one own person pleasure (her- him- my- thy-) self them (your) -selves + slay soul + tablet they thing (X she) will X would have it.
Total KJV Occurrences: 753
• abominable, 2
Leviticus 11:43;
Leviticus 20:25
• alive, 3
Ezekiel 13:18;
Ezekiel 13:19;
Ezekiel 18:27
• all, 1
Numbers 31:35
• angry, 1
Judges 18:25
• any, 2
Leviticus 2:1;
Deuteronomy 24:7
• appetite, 2
Proverbs 23:2;
Ecclesiastes 6:7
• beast, 3
Leviticus 24:18(3)
• body, 8
Leviticus 21:11;
Numbers 6:6;
Numbers 9:6;
Numbers 9:7;
Numbers 9:10;
Numbers 19:11;
Numbers 19:13;
Haggai 2:13
• breath, 1
Job 41:21
• counsel, 1
Proverbs 27:9
• creature, 9
Genesis 1:21;
Genesis 1:24;
Genesis 2:19;
Genesis 9:10;
Genesis 9:12;
Genesis 9:15;
Genesis 9:16;
Leviticus 11:46(2)
• dead, 5
Leviticus 19:28;
Leviticus 21:1;
Leviticus 22:4;
Numbers 5:2;
Numbers 6:11
• deadly, 1
Psalm 17:9
• desire, 5
Ecclesiastes 6:9;
Jeremiah 22:27;
Jeremiah 44:14;
Micah 7:3;
Habakkuk 2:5
• destitute, 1
Psalm 141:8
• discontented, 1
1 Samuel 22:2
• fish, 1
Isaiah 19:10
• ghost, 2
Job 11:20;
Jeremiah 15:9
• go, 1
Ezekiel 13:20
• greedy, 1
Isaiah 56:11
• he, 2
Psalm 105:18;
Proverbs 16:26
• heart, 13
Exodus 23:9;
Leviticus 26:16;
Deuteronomy 24:15;
1 Samuel 2:33;
2 Samuel 3:21;
Psalm 10:3;
Proverbs 23:7;
Proverbs 28:25;
Lamentations 3:51;
Ezekiel 25:6;
Ezekiel 25:15;
Ezekiel 27:31;
Hosea 4:8
• hearts, 2
Proverbs 31:6;
Jeremiah 42:20
• herself, 2
Isaiah 5:14;
Jeremiah 3:11
• him, 2
Deuteronomy 19:6;
Proverbs 6:16
• himself, 8
1 Kings 19:4;
Job 18:4;
Job 32:2;
Jeremiah 51:14;
Amos 2:14;
Amos 2:15;
Amos 6:8;
Jonah 4:8
• it, 1
Psalm 35:25
• life, 102
Genesis 1:20;
Genesis 1:30;
Genesis 9:4;
Genesis 9:5;
Genesis 19:17;
Genesis 19:19;
Genesis 32:30;
Genesis 44:30(2);
Exodus 4:19;
Exodus 21:23(2);
Exodus 21:30;
Leviticus 17:11;
Leviticus 17:14(3);
Numbers 35:31;
Deuteronomy 12:23(2);
Deuteronomy 19:21(2);
Deuteronomy 24:6;
Joshua 2:14;
Judges 9:17;
Judges 12:3;
Judges 18:25;
Ruth 4:15;
1 Samuel 19:5;
1 Samuel 19:11;
1 Samuel 20:1;
1 Samuel 22:23(2);
1 Samuel 23:15;
1 Samuel 26:24(2);
1 Samuel 28:9;
1 Samuel 28:21;
2 Samuel 1:9;
2 Samuel 4:8;
2 Samuel 14:7;
2 Samuel 16:11;
2 Samuel 18:13;
2 Samuel 19:5;
1 Kings 1:12(2);
1 Kings 2:23;
1 Kings 3:11;
1 Kings 19:2(2);
1 Kings 19:3;
1 Kings 19:4;
1 Kings 19:10;
1 Kings 19:14;
1 Kings 20:31;
1 Kings 20:39(2);
1 Kings 20:42(2);
2 Kings 1:13(2);
2 Kings 1:14;
2 Kings 7:7;
2 Kings 10:24(2);
2 Chronicles 1:11;
Esther 7:3;
Esther 7:7;
Esther 8:11;
Job 2:4;
Job 2:6;
Job 6:11;
Job 13:14;
Job 31:39;
Psalm 31:13;
Psalm 38:12;
Proverbs 1:19;
Proverbs 6:26;
Proverbs 7:23;
Proverbs 12:10;
Proverbs 13:3;
Proverbs 13:8;
Isaiah 15:4;
Isaiah 43:4;
Jeremiah 4:30;
Jeremiah 11:21;
Jeremiah 21:7;
Jeremiah 21:9;
Jeremiah 22:25;
Jeremiah 34:20;
Jeremiah 34:21;
Jeremiah 38:2;
Jeremiah 38:16;
Jeremiah 39:18;
Jeremiah 44:30(2);
Jeremiah 45:5;
Jeremiah 49:37;
Lamentations 2:19;
Ezekiel 32:10;
Jonah 1:14;
Jonah 4:3
• lives, 18
Genesis 9:5;
Joshua 2:13;
Joshua 9:24;
Judges 5:18;
Judges 18:25;
2 Samuel 19:5(3);
2 Samuel 23:17;
1 Chronicles 11:19(2);
Esther 9:16;
Proverbs 1:18;
Jeremiah 19:7;
Jeremiah 19:9;
Jeremiah 46:26;
Jeremiah 48:6;
Lamentations 5:9
• lust, 2
Exodus 15:9;
Psalm 78:18
• man, 4
Exodus 12:16;
Leviticus 24:17;
2 Kings 12:4;
Isaiah 49:7
• me, 3
Numbers 23:10;
Judges 16:30;
1 Kings 20:32
• men, 1
1 Chronicles 5:21
• mind, 11
Genesis 23:8;
Deuteronomy 18:6;
Deuteronomy 28:65;
1 Samuel 2:35;
1 Chronicles 28:9;
Jeremiah 15:1;
Ezekiel 23:17;
Ezekiel 23:18(2);
Ezekiel 23:22;
Ezekiel 23:28
• minds, 4
2 Samuel 17:8;
2 Kings 9:15;
Ezekiel 24:25;
Ezekiel 36:5
• mortally, 1
Deuteronomy 19:11
• myself, 1
Psalm 131:2
• off, 1
Lamentations 3:17
• one, 1
Leviticus 4:27
• out, 2
Psalm 142:7;
Psalm 143:11
• own, 1
Proverbs 14:10
• person, 14
Numbers 5:6;
Numbers 31:19;
Numbers 35:11;
Numbers 35:15;
Numbers 35:30(2);
Deuteronomy 27:25;
Joshua 20:3;
Joshua 20:9;
2 Samuel 14:14;
Proverbs 28:17;
Jeremiah 43:6;
Ezekiel 16:5;
Ezekiel 33:6
• persons, 16
Genesis 14:21;
Genesis 36:6;
Exodus 16:16;
Leviticus 27:2;
Numbers 19:18;
Numbers 31:35;
Numbers 31:40(2);
Numbers 31:46;
Deuteronomy 10:22;
1 Samuel 22:22;
Jeremiah 52:29;
Jeremiah 52:30(2);
Ezekiel 17:17;
Ezekiel 27:13
• pleasure, 4
Deuteronomy 23:24;
Psalm 105:22;
Jeremiah 2:24;
Jeremiah 34:16
• slay, 2
Jeremiah 40:14;
Jeremiah 40:15
• slayeth, 1
Deuteronomy 22:26
• soul, 411
Genesis 2:7;
Genesis 12:13;
Genesis 17:14;
Genesis 19:20;
Genesis 27:4;
Genesis 27:19;
Genesis 27:25;
Genesis 27:31;
Genesis 34:3;
Genesis 34:8;
Genesis 35:18;
Genesis 42:21;
Genesis 49:6;
Exodus 12:15;
Exodus 12:19;
Exodus 30:12;
Exodus 31:14;
Leviticus 4:2;
Leviticus 5:1;
Leviticus 5:2;
Leviticus 5:4;
Leviticus 5:15;
Leviticus 5:17;
Leviticus 6:2;
Leviticus 7:18;
Leviticus 7:20(2);
Leviticus 7:21(2);
Leviticus 7:25;
Leviticus 7:27(2);
Leviticus 17:10;
Leviticus 17:11;
Leviticus 17:12;
Leviticus 17:15;
Leviticus 19:8;
Leviticus 20:6(2);
Leviticus 22:3;
Leviticus 22:6;
Leviticus 22:11;
Leviticus 23:29;
Leviticus 23:30(2);
Leviticus 26:11;
Leviticus 26:15;
Leviticus 26:30;
Leviticus 26:43;
Numbers 9:13;
Numbers 11:6;
Numbers 15:27;
Numbers 15:28;
Numbers 15:30(2);
Numbers 15:31;
Numbers 19:13;
Numbers 19:20;
Numbers 19:22;
Numbers 21:4;
Numbers 21:5;
Numbers 30:2;
Numbers 30:4(2);
Numbers 30:5;
Numbers 30:6;
Numbers 30:7;
Numbers 30:8;
Numbers 30:10;
Numbers 30:11;
Numbers 30:12;
Numbers 30:13;
Numbers 31:28;
Deuteronomy 4:9;
Deuteronomy 4:29;
Deuteronomy 6:5;
Deuteronomy 10:12;
Deuteronomy 11:13;
Deuteronomy 11:18;
Deuteronomy 12:15;
Deuteronomy 12:20(2);
Deuteronomy 12:21;
Deuteronomy 13:3;
Deuteronomy 13:6;
Deuteronomy 14:26(2);
Deuteronomy 26:16;
Deuteronomy 30:2;
Deuteronomy 30:6;
Deuteronomy 30:10;
Joshua 22:5;
Judges 5:21;
Judges 10:16;
Judges 16:16;
1 Samuel 1:10;
1 Samuel 1:15;
1 Samuel 1:26;
1 Samuel 2:16;
1 Samuel 17:55;
1 Samuel 18:1(3);
1 Samuel 18:3;
1 Samuel 20:3;
1 Samuel 20:4;
1 Samuel 20:17;
1 Samuel 23:20