Lexicon :: Strong's G4157 - pnoē

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils ​— ​everything on dry land died.

The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed

at the rebuke of the LORD,

at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

When Baasha became king, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave Jeroboam any survivors but[fn] destroyed his family according to the word of the LORD he had spoken through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gap was left in it ​— ​though at that time I had not installed the doors in the city gates ​— ​

With whom did you speak these words?

Whose breath came out of your mouth?

as long as my breath is still in me

and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

But it is the spirit in a person—

the breath from the Almighty—

that gives anyone understanding.

The Spirit of God has made me,

and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Ice is formed by the breath of God,

and watery expanses are frozen.

Let everything that breathes praise the LORD.

Hallelujah!

“If you respond to my warning,[fn]

then I will pour out my spirit on you

and teach you my words.

A gossip goes around revealing a secret,

but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

The LORD’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[fn]

searching the innermost parts.[fn]

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”

won’t he who weighs hearts consider it?

Won’t he who protects your life know?

Won’t he repay a person according to his work?

Lord, by such things people live,

and in every one of them my spirit finds life;

you have restored me to health

and let me live.

This is what God, the LORD, says —

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk on it —

“For I will not accuse you forever,

and I will not always be angry;

for then the spirit would grow weak before me,

even the breath, which I have made.

“ ‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.

“Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.[fn]

“How can someone like me, your servant,[fn] speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”