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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. 1 Samuel 22:22נֶ֖פֶשׁ · for the lives
    Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
  2. 1 Samuel 22:23נַפְשִׁ֖י · mine [as well]; נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · your life
    Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:15נַפְשׁ֑וֹ · his life
    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
  4. 1 Samuel 23:20נַפְשְׁךָ֥ · your soul
    Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
  5. 1 Samuel 24:11נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  6. 1 Samuel 25:26נַפְשְׁךָ֙ · and you
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
  7. 1 Samuel 25:29נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · your life; נֶ֨פֶשׁ · then the life; נֶ֤פֶשׁ · the lives
    And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
  8. 1 Samuel 26:21נַפְשִׁ֛י · my life
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  9. 1 Samuel 26:24נַפְשְׁךָ֛ · your life; נַפְשִׁי֙ · my life
    As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
  10. 1 Samuel 28:9בְּנַפְשִׁ֖י
    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
  11. 1 Samuel 28:21נַפְשִׁי֙ · my life
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  12. 1 Samuel 30:6נֶ֣פֶשׁ · the soul
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  13. 2 Samuel 1:9נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life
    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
  14. 2 Samuel 3:21נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · your heart
    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
  15. 2 Samuel 4:8נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · your life
    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
  16. 2 Samuel 4:9נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life
    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  17. 2 Samuel 5:8נֶ֣פֶשׁ
    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
  18. 2 Samuel 11:11נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · and [as] your soul
    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
  19. 2 Samuel 14:7בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ · for the life
    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
  20. 2 Samuel 14:14נֶ֔פֶשׁ · a life
    For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  21. 2 Samuel 14:19נַפְשְׁךָ֩ · As surely as you
    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
  22. 2 Samuel 16:11נַפְשִׁ֑י · my life
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
  23. 2 Samuel 17:8נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙
    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
  24. 2 Samuel 18:13בְנַפְשׁוֹ · my own life
    If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
  25. 2 Samuel 19:5נַפְשְׁךָ֙ · your life; נֶ֤פֶשׁ · and the lives; וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ; וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ
    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
  26. 2 Samuel 23:17בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם · who risked their lives
    …saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  27. 1 Kings 1:12נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ · your own life; נֶ֥פֶשׁ · the life
    Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
  28. 1 Kings 1:29נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life
    And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  29. 1 Kings 2:4נַפְשָׁ֑ם · and soul
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  30. 1 Kings 2:23בְנַפְשׁ֔וֹ · at the expense of his life
    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
  31. 1 Kings 3:11נֶ֣פֶשׁ · death
    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
  32. 1 Kings 8:48נַפְשָׁ֔ם · soul
    …and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  33. 1 Kings 11:37נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ · your heart
    But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
  34. 1 Kings 17:21נֶֽפֶשׁ־ · life
    Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
  35. 1 Kings 17:22נֶֽפֶשׁ־ · life
    And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
  36. 1 Kings 19:2נַפְשְׁךָ֔ · your life; כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ · like the lives
    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
  37. 1 Kings 19:3נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · his life
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  38. 1 Kings 19:4נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · that he; נַפְשִׁ֔י · my life
    …while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
  39. 1 Kings 19:10נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life {as well}
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
  40. 1 Kings 19:14נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life {as well}
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”