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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. Leviticus 21:11נַפְשֹׁ֥ת · body
    He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
  2. Leviticus 22:3הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ · person
    Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
  3. Leviticus 22:4נֶ֔פֶשׁ · by a corpse
    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  4. Leviticus 22:6נֶ֚פֶשׁ · the man
    …the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
  5. Leviticus 22:11נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ · a slave
    But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
  6. Leviticus 23:27נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם · yourselves
    “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
  7. Leviticus 23:29הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙
    If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
  8. Leviticus 23:30הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ; הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
    I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
  9. Leviticus 23:32נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם · yourselves
    It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
  10. Leviticus 24:17נֶ֣פֶשׁ
    And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
  11. Leviticus 24:18נֶֽפֶשׁ־ · life; נֶ֖פֶשׁ · life; נָֽפֶשׁ׃
    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
  12. Leviticus 26:11נַפְשִׁ֖י · and My soul
    And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
  13. Leviticus 26:15נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם
    …and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
  14. Leviticus 26:16נָ֑פֶשׁ · your life
    …then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
  15. Leviticus 26:30נַפְשִׁ֖י · and My soul
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
  16. Leviticus 26:43נַפְשָֽׁם׃
    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
  17. Leviticus 27:2נְפָשֹׁ֖ת · of persons
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
  18. Numbers 5:2לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃ · by a dead body
    “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
  19. Numbers 5:6הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · person
    “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
  20. Numbers 6:6נֶ֥פֶשׁ · body
    Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
  21. Numbers 6:11הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ · of the dead body
    And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
  22. Numbers 9:6לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ
    But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day
  23. Numbers 9:7לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ
    …and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
  24. Numbers 9:10לָנֶ֡פֶשׁ · because of a dead body
    “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
  25. Numbers 9:13הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
    But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
  26. Numbers 11:6נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ · our appetite
    But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
  27. Numbers 15:27נֶ֥פֶשׁ · person
    Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
  28. Numbers 15:28הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ · the person
    And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.
  29. Numbers 15:30וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ · But the person; הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · person
    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
  30. Numbers 15:31הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · He
    He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
  31. Numbers 16:38בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם · at the cost of their own lives
    As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
  32. Numbers 19:11נֶ֣פֶשׁ · body
    Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
  33. Numbers 19:13בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩; הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · person
    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
  34. Numbers 19:18הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת · and the people
    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
  35. Numbers 19:20הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · [he]
    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  36. Numbers 19:22וְהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ · and anyone
    Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
  37. Numbers 21:4נֶֽפֶשׁ־
    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
  38. Numbers 21:5וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ · and we
    …and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
  39. Numbers 23:10נַפְשִׁי֙ · Let me
    Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
  40. Numbers 29:7נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם · yourselves
    On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
  41. Numbers 30:2נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · himself
    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
  42. Numbers 30:4נַפְשָׁ֔הּ; נַפְשָׁ֖הּ · herself
    …and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  43. Numbers 30:5נַפְשָׁ֖הּ · herself
    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
  44. Numbers 30:6נַפְשָֽׁהּ׃ · she
    If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,