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נֶ֫פֶשׁ

ne.pheshsoulHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine754 occurrences31 books683 verses

Definition

from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Traditional renderings: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נֶ֫פֶשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

754 total
  1. Isaiah 43:4נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · your life
    Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
  2. Isaiah 44:20נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · himself
    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
  3. Isaiah 46:2וְנַפְשָׁ֖ם · but they
    The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
  4. Isaiah 47:14נַפְשָׁ֖ם · themselves
    Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
  5. Isaiah 49:7נֶ֜פֶשׁ · to Him who
    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  6. Isaiah 51:23לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ · you
    I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
  7. Isaiah 53:10נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · His soul
    Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
  8. Isaiah 53:11נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · of His soul
    After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
  9. Isaiah 53:12נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · His life
    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  10. Isaiah 55:2נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ · and your soul
    Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
  11. Isaiah 55:3נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם · so that your soul
    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
  12. Isaiah 56:11נֶ֗פֶשׁ
    Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
  13. Isaiah 58:3נַפְשֵׁ֖נוּ · ourselves
    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
  14. Isaiah 58:5נַפְשׁ֑וֹ · himself
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  15. Isaiah 58:10נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · yourself; וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ · soul
    …and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
  16. Isaiah 58:11נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · you
    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  17. Isaiah 61:10נַפְשִׁי֙ · my soul
    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  18. Isaiah 66:3נַפְשָׁ֥ם
    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
  19. Jeremiah 2:24נַפְשׁוֹ · of her
    …a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
  20. Jeremiah 2:34נַפְשׁ֥וֹת
    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
  21. Jeremiah 3:11נַפְשָׁ֖הּ · has shown herself
    And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
  22. Jeremiah 4:10הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃ · our throats
    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
  23. Jeremiah 4:19נַפְשִׁ֔י · I
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  24. Jeremiah 4:30נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְ · your life
    And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
  25. Jeremiah 4:31נַפְשִׁ֖י · my soul
    For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
  26. Jeremiah 5:9נַפְשִֽׁי׃ס · Myself
    Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
  27. Jeremiah 5:29נַפְשִֽׁי׃ס · Myself
    Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
  28. Jeremiah 6:8נַפְשִׁ֖י · I
    Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
  29. Jeremiah 6:16לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם · for your souls
    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  30. Jeremiah 9:9נַפְשִֽׁי׃ס · Myself
    Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
  31. Jeremiah 11:21נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · your life
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
  32. Jeremiah 12:7נַפְשִׁ֖י · of My soul
    I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.
  33. Jeremiah 13:17נַפְשִׁ֖י · I
    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  34. Jeremiah 14:19נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · Do You
    Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
  35. Jeremiah 15:1נַפְשִׁ֖י · My heart
    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
  36. Jeremiah 15:9נַפְשָׁ֛הּ · her last breath
    The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
  37. Jeremiah 17:21בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם · for yourselves
    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
  38. Jeremiah 18:20לְנַפְשִׁ֑י · for me
    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
  39. Jeremiah 19:7נַפְשָׁ֑ם · their lives
    And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
  40. Jeremiah 19:9נַפְשָֽׁם׃ · their lives
    I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
  41. Jeremiah 20:13נֶ֥פֶשׁ · the life
    Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
  42. Jeremiah 21:7נַפְשָׁ֑ם · their lives
    ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
  43. Jeremiah 21:9נַפְשׁ֖וֹ · life
    Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
  44. Jeremiah 22:25נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · your life
    In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
  45. Jeremiah 22:27נַפְשָׁ֖ם
    You will never return to the land for which you long.”
  46. Jeremiah 26:19נַפְשׁוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ · ourselves
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  47. Jeremiah 31:12נַפְשָׁם֙ · Their life
    They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
  48. Jeremiah 31:14נֶ֥פֶשׁ · the souls
    I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
  49. Jeremiah 31:25נֶ֣פֶשׁ · soul
    …for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”