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Lexicon :: Strong's H5301 - nāp̄aḥ

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נָפַח
Transliteration
nāp̄aḥ
Pronunciation
naw-fakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1390

Strong’s Definitions

נָפַח nâphach, naw-fakh'; a primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem):—blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5301 in the following manner: blow (4x), breathe (2x), seething (2x), blown (1x), lose (1x), snuffed (1x), give up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5301 in the following manner: blow (4x), breathe (2x), seething (2x), blown (1x), lose (1x), snuffed (1x), give up (1x).

  1. to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life)

    1. (Qal) to breathe, blow

    2. (Pual) to be blown

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָפַח nâphach, naw-fakh'; a primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem):—blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
STRONGS H5301: Abbreviations
† [נָפַח] verb breathe, blow (כור נפוח Ecclus 43:4 a furnace blown upon (heated hot); Late Hebrew נָפַח id., Targum נְפַח, Syriac bdb065501; Assyrian napâḫu, inflame, nappaḫu, smith DlHWB 474; Arabic (bdb065502 and) bdb065503 blow; Ethiopic bdb065504 or bdb065505 Di712); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נָֽפְחָה Jeremiah 15:9; וְנָפַ֫חְתִּי Haggai 1:9; וְנָפַחְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 22:21; Imperfect וַיִּפַּח Genesis 2:7; Imperative feminine singular פְּחִי Ezekiel 37:9; Infinitive (לָ)פַ֫חַת Ezekiel 22:20; Perfect active נֹפֵחַ Isaiah 54:16; passive נָפוּחַ Jeremiah 1:13; Job 41:12; — breathe, blow, נִשְׁמַת בְּאַפּוֹ וַיִּפַּח חַיִּים Genesis 2:7 (J); followed by ב also Ezekiel 37:9; Isaiah 54:16 and Haggai 1:9 blow into it (to scatter it); followed by עַלֿ: לָפַחַת עָלָיו אֵשׁ Ezekiel 22:20 to blow fire upon it (ore, for melting), so figurative Ezekiel 22:21 and I will blow upon you with (ב) the fire of my wrath; נַפְשָׁהּ נ׳ Jeremiah 15:9 she hath breathed out her life (of a mother, compare Hiph.); absolute סִיר נָפוּחַ Jeremiah 1:13 a blown (i.e. well-heated, boiling) pot, compare דּוּד נ׳ Job 41:12 (simile).
Pu. Perfect נֻפָּ֑ח לֹא אֵשׁ Job 20:26 a fire not blown (by any human breath). So perhaps also Numbers 21:30 (reading וגו׳ אֵשׁ עַד־נֻפַּח until fire was blown [hot] as far as Medeba), compare Di.
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular חִפָּ֑חְתּי בְּעָלָיה נֶפֶשׁ Job 31:39 (or if) the life of its (the land's) owners I have caused them to breathe out; אוֹתוֹ וְהִפַּחְתֶּם Malachi 1:13 and ye have sniffed at it (in contempt).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7

Numbers

21:30

Job

20:26; 31:39; 41:12; 41:12

Isaiah

54:16; 54:16

Jeremiah

1:13; 1:13; 15:9; 15:9

Ezekiel

22:20; 22:20; 22:21; 22:21; 37:9; 37:9

Haggai

1:9; 1:9

Malachi

1:13

H5301

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5301 matches the Hebrew נָפַח (nāp̄aḥ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 -
All darkness is laid up for his treasures:
A fire not blown by man shall devour him;
It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 -
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,
Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 -
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth,
As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:21 - Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.
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