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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 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 formed H3335 man H120 of dust H6083 from the ground, H127 and breathed H5301 into his nostrils H639 the breath H5397 of life; H2416 and man H120 became H1961 a living H2416 [fn]being. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - of all H3605 that was on the dry H2724 land, H2724 all H3605 in whose H834 nostrils H639 was the breath H5397 of the spirit H7307 of life, H2416 died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - “Only H7534 in the cities H5892 of these H428 peoples H5971 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you as an inheritance, H5159 you shall not leave H2421 alive H2421 anything H3605 that breathes. H5397

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - Thus Joshua H3091 struck H5221 all H3605 the land, H776 the hill H2022 country H2022 and the [fn]Negev H5045 and the lowland H8219 and the slopes H794 and all H3605 their kings. H4428 He left H7604 no H3808 survivor, H8300 but he [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 all H3605 who H5397 breathed, H5397 just H834 as the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 had commanded. H6680

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - They struck H5221 every H3605 person H5315 who H834 was in it with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 [fn]utterly H2763 destroying H2763 them; there was no H3808 H3605 one left H3498 who H5397 breathed. H5397 And he burned H8313 Hazor H2674 with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - All H3605 the spoil H7998 of these H428 cities H5892 and the cattle, H929 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 took H962 as their plunder; H962 but they struck H5221 every H3605 man H120 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 until H5704 they had destroyed H8045 them. They left H7604 no H3808 one H3605 who H5397 breathed. H5397

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - “Then the channels H650 of the sea H3220 appeared, H7200
The foundations H4144 of the world H8398 were [fn]laid H1540 bare H1540
By the rebuke H1606 of the LORD, H3068
At the blast H5397 of the breath H7307 of His nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - It came H1961 about as soon as he was king, H4427 he struck H5221 down H5221 all H3605 the household H1004 of Jeroboam. H3379 He did not leave H7604 to Jeroboam H3379 [fn]any H3605 persons H5397 alive, H5397 until H5704 he had destroyed H8045 them, according to the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 by His servant H5650 Ahijah H281 the Shilonite, H7888

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Now it came H1961 about after H310 these H428 things H1697 that the son H1121 of the woman, H802 the mistress H1172 of the house, H1004 became H2470 sick; H2470 and his sickness H2483 was so H3966 severe H2389 that there was no H3808 breath H5397 left H3498 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - “By the breath H5397 of God H433 they perish, H6
And by the [fn]blast H7307 of His anger H639 they come H3615 to an end. H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:4 - “To whom H4310 have you uttered H5046 words? H4405
And whose H4310 [fn]spirit H5397 was expressed H3318 through H4480 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - For as long H3605 H5750 as [fn]life H5397 is in me,
And the [fn]breath H5397 of God H433 is in my nostrils, H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - “But it is a spirit H7307 in man, H582
And the breath H5397 of the Almighty H7706 gives H995 them understanding. H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:4 - “The Spirit H7307 of God H410 has made H6213 me,
And the breath H5397 of [fn]the Almighty H7706 gives H2421 me life. H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - “If H518 He should [fn]determine H7760 H3820 to do so,
If He should gather H622 to Himself His spirit H7307 and His breath, H5397

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 - “From the breath H5397 of God H410 ice H7140 is made, H5414
And the expanse H7341 of the waters H4325 is frozen. H4164

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then the channels H650 of water H4325 appeared, H7200
And the foundations H4144 of the world H8398 were [fn]laid H1540 bare H1540
At Your rebuke, H1606 O LORD, H3068
At the blast H5397 of the breath H7307 of Your nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6 - Let everything H3605 that has breath H5397 praise H1984 [fn]the LORD. H3050
[fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD! H3050

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The [fn]spirit H5397 of man H120 is the lamp H5216 of the LORD, H3068
Searching H2664 all H3605 the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H2315 of his being. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - [fn]Stop H2308 regarding H2308 H4480 man, H120 whose H834 breath H5397 of life is in his nostrils; H639
For [fn]why H4100 should he be esteemed? H2803

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For [fn]Topheth H8613 has long H865 been ready, H6186
Indeed, H1571 it has been prepared H3559 for the king. H4428
He has made H6009 it deep H6009 and large, H7337
[fn]A pyre H4071 of fire H784 with plenty H7235 of wood; H6086
The breath H5397 of the LORD, H3068 like a torrent H5158 of brimstone, H1614 sets H1197 it afire. H1197

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - Thus H3541 says H559 God H410 the LORD, H3068
Who created H1254 the heavens H8064 and stretched H5186 them out,
Who spread H7554 out the earth H776 and its [fn]offspring, H6631
Who gives H5414 breath H5397 to the people H5971 on it
And spirit H7307 to those who walk H1980 in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - “For I will not contend H7378 forever, H5769
Nor H3808 will I always H5331 be angry; H7107
For the spirit H7307 would grow H5848 faint H5848 before H4480 H6440 Me,
And the breath H5397 of those whom I have made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17 - “For how H1963 can H3201 such H2088 a servant H5650 of my lord H113 talk H1696 with such H2088 as my lord? H113 As for me, there remains H5975 just now H6258 no H3808 strength H3581 in me, nor H3808 has any breath H5397 been left H7604 in me.”
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