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Hebrew word study

נֶפֶשׁnephesh — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractl…

Pronounced “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)

Translated in the King James as: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-) contented, fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, (she) will, would have it.

Appears 727 times in Scripture

Origin: from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 41×
Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:30Genesis 2:7Genesis 2:19Genesis 9:4Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:10Genesis 9:12Genesis 9:15Genesis 9:16Genesis 12:5Genesis 12:13Genesis 14:21Genesis 17:14Genesis 19:17Genesis 19:19Genesis 19:20Genesis 23:8Genesis 27:4Genesis 27:19Genesis 27:25Genesis 27:31Genesis 32:30+ 16 more in Genesis
Exodus — 13×
Exodus 1:5Exodus 4:19Exodus 12:4Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:19Exodus 16:16Exodus 21:23Exodus 21:30Exodus 30:12Exodus 30:15Exodus 30:16+ 2 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 57×
Leviticus 2:1Leviticus 4:2Leviticus 4:27Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:2Leviticus 5:4Leviticus 5:15Leviticus 5:17Leviticus 6:2Leviticus 7:18Leviticus 7:20Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 7:25Leviticus 7:27Leviticus 11:10Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 11:46Leviticus 16:29Leviticus 16:31Leviticus 17:10Leviticus 17:11Leviticus 17:12Leviticus 17:14Leviticus 17:15+ 32 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 46×
Numbers 5:2Numbers 5:6Numbers 6:6Numbers 6:11Numbers 9:6Numbers 9:7Numbers 9:10Numbers 9:13Numbers 11:6Numbers 15:27Numbers 15:28Numbers 15:30Numbers 15:31Numbers 16:38Numbers 19:11Numbers 19:13Numbers 19:18Numbers 19:20Numbers 19:22Numbers 21:4Numbers 21:5Numbers 23:10Numbers 29:7Numbers 30:2Numbers 30:4+ 21 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 33×
Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 4:15Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 6:5Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 10:22Deuteronomy 11:13Deuteronomy 11:18Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 12:20Deuteronomy 12:21Deuteronomy 12:23Deuteronomy 13:3Deuteronomy 14:26Deuteronomy 18:6Deuteronomy 19:6Deuteronomy 19:11Deuteronomy 19:21Deuteronomy 21:14Deuteronomy 22:26Deuteronomy 23:24Deuteronomy 24:6Deuteronomy 24:7Deuteronomy 26:16Deuteronomy 27:25+ 8 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 16×
Joshua 2:13Joshua 2:14Joshua 9:24Joshua 10:28Joshua 10:30Joshua 10:32Joshua 10:35Joshua 10:37Joshua 10:39Joshua 11:11Joshua 20:3Joshua 20:9Joshua 22:5Joshua 23:11Joshua 23:14+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges — 10×
Judges 5:18Judges 5:21Judges 9:17Judges 10:16Judges 12:3Judges 16:16Judges 16:30Judges 18:25+ 2 more in Judges
Ruth — 1×
Ruth 4:15
1 Samuel — 33×
1 Sam 1:101 Sam 1:151 Sam 1:261 Sam 2:161 Sam 2:331 Sam 2:351 Sam 17:551 Sam 18:11 Sam 18:31 Sam 19:51 Sam 19:111 Sam 20:11 Sam 20:31 Sam 20:41 Sam 20:171 Sam 22:21 Sam 22:221 Sam 22:231 Sam 23:151 Sam 23:201 Sam 24:111 Sam 25:261 Sam 25:291 Sam 26:211 Sam 26:24+ 8 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 17×
2 Sam 1:92 Sam 3:212 Sam 4:82 Sam 4:92 Sam 5:82 Sam 11:112 Sam 14:72 Sam 14:142 Sam 14:192 Sam 16:112 Sam 17:82 Sam 18:132 Sam 19:52 Sam 23:17+ 3 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 23×
1 Ki 1:121 Ki 1:291 Ki 2:41 Ki 2:231 Ki 3:111 Ki 8:481 Ki 11:371 Ki 17:211 Ki 17:221 Ki 19:21 Ki 19:31 Ki 19:41 Ki 19:101 Ki 19:141 Ki 20:311 Ki 20:321 Ki 20:391 Ki 20:42+ 5 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 15×
2 Ki 1:132 Ki 1:142 Ki 2:22 Ki 2:42 Ki 2:62 Ki 4:272 Ki 4:302 Ki 7:72 Ki 9:152 Ki 10:242 Ki 12:42 Ki 23:32 Ki 23:25+ 2 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 5×
1 Chr 5:211 Chr 11:191 Chr 22:191 Chr 28:9+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 4×
2 Chr 1:112 Chr 6:382 Chr 15:122 Chr 34:31
Esther — 6×
Esther 4:13Esther 7:3Esther 7:7Esther 8:11Esther 9:16Esther 9:31
Job — 35×
Job 2:4Job 2:6Job 3:20Job 6:7Job 6:11Job 7:11Job 7:15Job 9:21Job 10:1Job 11:20Job 12:10Job 13:14Job 14:22Job 16:4Job 18:4Job 19:2Job 21:25Job 23:13Job 24:12Job 27:2Job 27:8Job 30:16Job 30:25Job 31:30Job 31:39+ 10 more in Job
Psalms — 139×
Psalms 3:2Psalms 6:3Psalms 6:4Psalms 7:2Psalms 7:5Psalms 10:3Psalms 11:1Psalms 11:5Psalms 13:2Psalms 16:10Psalms 17:9Psalms 17:13Psalms 19:7Psalms 22:20Psalms 22:29Psalms 23:3Psalms 24:4Psalms 25:1Psalms 25:13Psalms 25:20Psalms 26:9Psalms 27:12Psalms 30:3Psalms 31:7Psalms 31:9+ 114 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 56×
Proverbs 1:18Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 2:10Proverbs 3:22Proverbs 6:16Proverbs 6:26Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 6:32Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 8:36Proverbs 10:3Proverbs 11:17Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 11:30Proverbs 12:10Proverbs 13:2Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 13:8Proverbs 13:19Proverbs 13:25Proverbs 14:10Proverbs 14:25Proverbs 15:32Proverbs 16:17+ 31 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes — 6×
Eccles 4:8Eccles 6:2Eccles 6:3Eccles 6:7Eccles 6:9Eccles 7:28
Song of Solomon — 7×
Song 1:7Song 3:1Song 3:2Song 3:3Song 3:4Song 5:6Song 6:12
Isaiah — 34×
Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 3:9Isaiah 3:20Isaiah 5:14Isaiah 10:18Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 19:10Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 26:9Isaiah 29:8Isaiah 32:6Isaiah 38:15Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 43:4Isaiah 44:20Isaiah 46:2Isaiah 47:14Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 51:23Isaiah 53:10Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:12Isaiah 55:2Isaiah 55:3+ 9 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 60×
Jeremiah 2:24Jeremiah 2:34Jeremiah 3:11Jeremiah 4:10Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 4:30Jeremiah 4:31Jeremiah 5:9Jeremiah 5:29Jeremiah 6:8Jeremiah 6:16Jeremiah 9:9Jeremiah 11:21Jeremiah 12:7Jeremiah 13:17Jeremiah 14:19Jeremiah 15:1Jeremiah 15:9Jeremiah 17:21Jeremiah 18:20Jeremiah 19:7Jeremiah 19:9Jeremiah 20:13Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 21:9+ 35 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 12×
Lam 1:11Lam 1:16Lam 1:19Lam 2:12Lam 2:19Lam 3:17Lam 3:20Lam 3:24Lam 3:25Lam 3:51Lam 3:58Lam 5:9
Ezekiel — 40×
Ezekiel 3:19Ezekiel 3:21Ezekiel 4:14Ezekiel 7:19Ezekiel 13:18Ezekiel 13:19Ezekiel 13:20Ezekiel 14:14Ezekiel 14:20Ezekiel 16:5Ezekiel 16:27Ezekiel 17:17Ezekiel 18:4Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 18:27Ezekiel 22:25Ezekiel 22:27Ezekiel 23:17Ezekiel 23:18Ezekiel 23:22Ezekiel 23:28Ezekiel 24:21Ezekiel 24:25Ezekiel 25:6Ezekiel 25:15+ 15 more in Ezekiel
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 4:8Hosea 9:4
Amos — 3×
Amos 2:14Amos 2:15Amos 6:8
Jonah — 4×
Jonah 1:14Jonah 2:5Jonah 2:7Jonah 4:3
Micah — 3×
Micah 6:7Micah 7:1Micah 7:3
Habakkuk — 3×
Habakkuk 2:4Habakkuk 2:5Habakkuk 2:10
Haggai — 1×
Haggai 2:13
Zechariah — 2×
Zech 11:8+ 1 more in Zechariah

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