נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh(neh'-fesh)
“properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)”
738 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Translated in KJV as
anyappetitebeastbodybreathcreature[idiom] dead(-ly)desire[idiom] (dis-) contented[idiom] fishghost[phrase] greedyheheart(-y)(hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy)lustmanmemindmortallyoneownpersonpleasure(her-, him-, my-, thy-) selfthem (your) -selves[phrase] slaysoul[phrase] tablettheything([idiom] she) will[idiom] would have it.
Etymology
from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);
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“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”