Hebrew word study

רוּחַrûwach — wind

Pronounced “roo'-akh”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

Translated in the King James as: air, anger, blast, breath, cool, courage, mind, quarter, side, spirit(-ual), tempest, vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Appears 377 times in Scripture

Origin: from H7306 (רוּחַ);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 11×

Genesis 1:2 Genesis 3:8 Genesis 6:3 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:15 Genesis 7:22 Genesis 8:1 Genesis 26:35 Genesis 41:8 Genesis 41:38 Genesis 45:27

Exodus — 11×

Exodus 6:9 Exodus 10:13 Exodus 10:19 Exodus 14:21 Exodus 15:8 Exodus 15:10 Exodus 28:3 Exodus 31:3 Exodus 35:21 Exodus 35:31+ 1 more in Exodus

Numbers — 14×

Numbers 5:14 Numbers 5:30 Numbers 11:17 Numbers 11:25 Numbers 11:26 Numbers 11:29 Numbers 11:31 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 16:22 Numbers 24:2 Numbers 27:16 Numbers 27:18+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 2:30 Deuteronomy 34:9

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 2:11 Joshua 5:1

Judges — 10×

Judges 3:10 Judges 6:34 Judges 8:3 Judges 9:23 Judges 11:29 Judges 13:25 Judges 14:6 Judges 14:19 Judges 15:14 Judges 15:19

1 Samuel — 16×

1 Sam 1:15 1 Sam 10:6 1 Sam 10:10 1 Sam 11:6 1 Sam 16:13 1 Sam 16:14 1 Sam 16:15 1 Sam 16:16 1 Sam 16:23 1 Sam 18:10 1 Sam 19:9 1 Sam 19:20 1 Sam 19:23 1 Sam 30:12+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 22:11 2 Sam 22:16 2 Sam 23:2

1 Kings — 11×

1 Ki 10:5 1 Ki 18:12 1 Ki 18:45 1 Ki 19:11 1 Ki 21:5 1 Ki 22:21 1 Ki 22:22 1 Ki 22:23 1 Ki 22:24+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 2:9 2 Ki 2:15 2 Ki 2:16 2 Ki 3:17 2 Ki 19:7

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 5:26 1 Chr 9:24 1 Chr 12:18 1 Chr 28:12+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 10×

2 Chr 9:4 2 Chr 15:1 2 Chr 18:20 2 Chr 18:21 2 Chr 18:22 2 Chr 18:23 2 Chr 20:14 2 Chr 21:16 2 Chr 24:20 2 Chr 36:22

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 1:1 Ezra 1:5

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 9:20 Nehemiah 9:30

Job — 31×

Job 1:19 Job 4:9 Job 4:15 Job 6:4 Job 6:26 Job 7:7 Job 7:11 Job 8:2 Job 9:18 Job 10:12 Job 12:10 Job 15:2 Job 15:13 Job 15:30 Job 16:3 Job 17:1 Job 19:17 Job 20:3 Job 21:4 Job 21:18 Job 26:13 Job 27:3 Job 28:25 Job 30:15 Job 30:22+ 6 more in Job

Psalms — 38×

Psalms 1:4 Psalms 11:6 Psalms 18:10 Psalms 18:15 Psalms 18:42 Psalms 31:5 Psalms 32:2 Psalms 33:6 Psalms 34:18 Psalms 35:5 Psalms 48:7 Psalms 51:10 Psalms 51:11 Psalms 51:12 Psalms 51:17 Psalms 55:8 Psalms 76:12 Psalms 77:3 Psalms 77:6 Psalms 78:8 Psalms 78:39 Psalms 83:13 Psalms 103:16 Psalms 104:3 Psalms 104:4+ 13 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 21×

Proverbs 1:23 Proverbs 11:13 Proverbs 11:29 Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 15:4 Proverbs 15:13 Proverbs 16:2 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 16:19 Proverbs 16:32 Proverbs 17:22 Proverbs 17:27 Proverbs 18:14 Proverbs 25:14 Proverbs 25:23 Proverbs 25:28 Proverbs 27:16 Proverbs 29:11 Proverbs 29:23 Proverbs 30:4+ 1 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 24×

Eccles 1:6 Eccles 1:14 Eccles 1:17 Eccles 2:11 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 2:26 Eccles 3:19 Eccles 3:21 Eccles 4:4 Eccles 4:6 Eccles 4:16 Eccles 5:16 Eccles 6:9 Eccles 7:8 Eccles 7:9 Eccles 8:8 Eccles 10:4 Eccles 11:4 Eccles 11:5 Eccles 12:7+ 4 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 51×

Isaiah 4:4 Isaiah 7:2 Isaiah 11:2 Isaiah 11:4 Isaiah 11:15 Isaiah 17:13 Isaiah 19:3 Isaiah 19:14 Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 26:18 Isaiah 27:8 Isaiah 28:6 Isaiah 29:10 Isaiah 29:24 Isaiah 30:1 Isaiah 30:28 Isaiah 31:3 Isaiah 32:2 Isaiah 32:15 Isaiah 33:11 Isaiah 34:16 Isaiah 37:7 Isaiah 38:16 Isaiah 40:7+ 26 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 18×

Jeremiah 2:24 Jeremiah 4:11 Jeremiah 4:12 Jeremiah 5:13 Jeremiah 10:13 Jeremiah 10:14 Jeremiah 13:24 Jeremiah 14:6 Jeremiah 18:17 Jeremiah 22:22 Jeremiah 49:32 Jeremiah 49:36 Jeremiah 51:1 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:16 Jeremiah 51:17 Jeremiah 52:23+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 4:20

Ezekiel — 52×

Ezekiel 1:4 Ezekiel 1:12 Ezekiel 1:20 Ezekiel 1:21 Ezekiel 2:2 Ezekiel 3:12 Ezekiel 3:14 Ezekiel 3:24 Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 5:10 Ezekiel 5:12 Ezekiel 8:3 Ezekiel 10:17 Ezekiel 11:1 Ezekiel 11:5 Ezekiel 11:19 Ezekiel 11:24 Ezekiel 12:14 Ezekiel 13:3 Ezekiel 13:11 Ezekiel 13:13 Ezekiel 17:10 Ezekiel 17:21 Ezekiel 18:31 Ezekiel 19:12+ 27 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 4×

Daniel 2:1 Daniel 2:3 Daniel 8:8 Daniel 11:4

Hosea — 7×

Hosea 4:12 Hosea 4:19 Hosea 5:4 Hosea 8:7 Hosea 9:7 Hosea 12:1 Hosea 13:15

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:28 Joel 2:29

Amos — 1×

Amos 4:13

Jonah — 2×

Jonah 1:4 Jonah 4:8

Micah — 3×

Micah 2:7 Micah 2:11 Micah 3:8

Habakkuk — 2×

Habakkuk 1:11 Habakkuk 2:19

Haggai — 4×

Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:5+ 2 more in Haggai

Zechariah — 9×

Zech 2:6 Zech 4:6 Zech 5:9 Zech 6:5 Zech 6:8 Zech 7:12 Zech 12:1 Zech 12:10 Zech 13:2

Malachi — 3×

Malachi 2:15 Malachi 2:16+ 1 more in Malachi

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