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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 - Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
consuming all they have left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - or if I have stolen its crops
or murdered its owners,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 - Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “I have created the blacksmith
who fans the coals beneath the forge
and makes the weapons of destruction.
And I have created the armies that destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - Then the LORD spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?”
And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath;
her sun has gone down while it is still day.
She sits childless now,
disgraced and humiliated.
And I will hand over those who are left
to be killed by the enemy.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - Just as copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:21 - I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - You say, ‘It’s too hard to serve the LORD,’ and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the LORD.
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