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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. Deuteronomy 27:25נֶ֖פֶשׁ · person
    ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  2. Deuteronomy 28:65נָֽפֶשׁ׃ · soul
    Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
  3. Deuteronomy 30:2נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · your soul
    …and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
  4. Deuteronomy 30:6נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · your soul
    The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
  5. Deuteronomy 30:10נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃פ · your soul
    …if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  6. Joshua 2:13נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ · us
    …that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
  7. Joshua 2:14נַפְשֵׁ֤נוּ · Our lives
    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  8. Joshua 9:24לְנַפְשֹׁתֵ֙ינוּ֙ · for our lives
    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  9. Joshua 10:28הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙
    On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  10. Joshua 10:30הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ · the people
    And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  11. Joshua 10:32הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ · the people
    And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
  12. Joshua 10:35הַנֶּ֣פֶשׁ
    That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
  13. Joshua 10:37הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ · the people; הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ
    They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
  14. Joshua 10:39נֶ֣פֶשׁ
    And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
  15. Joshua 11:11הַנֶּ֨פֶשׁ
    The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
  16. Joshua 20:3נֶ֥פֶשׁ · another
    …so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
  17. Joshua 20:9נֶ֖פֶשׁ · a person
    These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
  18. Joshua 22:5נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ · your soul
    But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
  19. Joshua 23:11לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑ם · yourselves
    Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
  20. Joshua 23:14נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם · soul
    Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
  21. Judges 5:18נַפְשׁ֛וֹ · their lives
    Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
  22. Judges 5:21נַפְשִׁ֖י · O my soul
    The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
  23. Judges 9:17נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · his life
    …for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
  24. Judges 10:16נַפְשׁ֖וֹ · and He
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  25. Judges 12:3נַפְשִׁ֤י · my life
    When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
  26. Judges 16:16נַפְשׁ֖וֹ · until he
    Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
  27. Judges 16:30נַפְשִׁי֮ · Let me
    Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
  28. Judges 18:25נֶ֔פֶשׁ; נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · your lives; וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
  29. Ruth 4:15נֶ֔פֶשׁ · life
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  30. 1 Samuel 1:10נָ֑פֶשׁ
    In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
  31. 1 Samuel 1:15נַפְשִׁ֖י · my soul
    “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
  32. 1 Samuel 1:26נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · as surely as you
    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
  33. 1 Samuel 2:16נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · you
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  34. 1 Samuel 2:33נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · and your heart
    And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
  35. 1 Samuel 2:35וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י · and mind
    Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
  36. 1 Samuel 17:55נַפְשְׁךָ֥ · As surely as you
    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
  37. 1 Samuel 18:1וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ · the souls; בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ; כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ · as himself
    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
  38. 1 Samuel 18:3כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ · as himself
    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
  39. 1 Samuel 19:5נַפְשׁ֨וֹ · his life
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  40. 1 Samuel 19:11נַפְשְׁךָ֙ · for your life
    Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
  41. 1 Samuel 20:1נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · my life
    Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
  42. 1 Samuel 20:3נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · and as you
    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
  43. 1 Samuel 20:4נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · you
    Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
  44. 1 Samuel 20:17נַפְשׁ֖וֹ · himself
    And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
  45. 1 Samuel 22:2נֶ֔פֶשׁ
    And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.