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Lexicon :: Strong's H5397 - nᵊšāmâ

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נְשָׁמָה
Transliteration
nᵊšāmâ
Pronunciation
nesh-aw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1433a

Strong’s Definitions

נְשָׁמָה nᵉshâmâh, nesh-aw-maw'; from H5395; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H5397 in the following manner: breath (17x), blast (3x), spirit (2x), inspiration (1x), souls (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H5397 in the following manner: breath (17x), blast (3x), spirit (2x), inspiration (1x), souls (1x).

  1. breath, spirit

    1. breath (of God)

    2. breath (of man)

    3. every breathing thing

    4. spirit (of man)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְשָׁמָה nᵉshâmâh, nesh-aw-maw'; from H5395; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
STRONGS H5397: Abbreviations
† נְשָׁמָה noun feminine breath; — נ׳ Deuteronomy 20:16 + 9 times; construct נִשְׁמַת (compare LagBN 82) Genesis 2:7 + 10 times; suffix נִשְׁמָתִי Job 27:3; נִשְׁמָתוֺ Job 34:14; plural נְשָׁמוֺת Isaiah 57:16; —
1. breath of God as hot wind kindling a flame Isaiah 30:33; as destroying wind 2 Samuel 22:16 = Psalm 18:16; Job 4:9; as cold wind producing ice Job 32:8; Job 33:4.
2. breath of man 1 Kings 17:17; Isaiah 42:5; Job 27:3; Daniel 10:7; breath of life נשׁמת חיים Genesis 2:7 (J); compare נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ חַיִּים Genesis 7:22 (J); as breathed in by God it is God's breath in man Job 34:14; Job 36:4; and is characteristic of man אדם אשׁר נשׁמה באפו Isaiah 2:22 man in whose nostrils is but a breath (late gloss).
3. synonym נפשׁ כָּל נְשָׁמָה every breathing thing Deuteronomy 20:16; Joshua 11:11, 14; 1 Kings 15:29; כָּלהַֿנְּשָׁמָה Joshua 10:14; Psalm 150:6; נְשָׁמוֺת Isaiah 57:16.
4. spirit of man, || רוּחַ, אָדָם נ׳ נֵר י׳ Proverbs 20:27 the spirit of man is a lamp of י׳.

See related BDB entry H5395.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H5396.
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; 7:22

Deuteronomy

20:16; 20:16

Joshua

10:14; 11:11; 11:14

2 Samuel

22:16

1 Kings

15:29; 17:17

Job

4:9; 27:3; 27:3; 32:8; 33:4; 34:14; 34:14; 36:4

Psalms

18:16; 150:6

Proverbs

20:27

Isaiah

2:22; 30:33; 42:5; 57:16; 57:16

Daniel

10:7

H5397

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5397 matches the Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (nᵊšāmâ),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, [fn] and the man became a living soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - Of these ye shall not take any thing alive;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and [fn]Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they slew with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burnt Asor with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they slew all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - And it came to pass when he reigned, that he smote the whole house of Jeroboam, and left [fn]none that breathed of Jeroboam, until he had destroyed him utterly, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Achia the Selonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:4 - To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - verily, while my breath is yet in me, and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:4 - The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 - And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; and he guides the water in whatever way he pleases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - (LXX 17:16) And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6 - Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The [fn]spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For thou shalt be required before thy time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has prepared for thee a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord shall be as a trench kindled with sulphur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17 - And how shall thy servant be able, O my lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.
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