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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 Kings 20:31נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · your life
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  2. 1 Kings 20:32נַפְשִׁ֑י · my life
    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
  3. 1 Kings 20:39נַפְשְׁךָ֙ · your life; נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · his life
    As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
  4. 1 Kings 20:42נַפְשְׁךָ֙ · your life; נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · his life
    And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
  5. 2 Kings 1:13נַפְשִׁ֗י · may my life; וְנֶ֨פֶשׁ · and the lives
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
  6. 2 Kings 1:14נַפְשִׁ֖י · may my life
    Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
  7. 2 Kings 2:2נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · and as you yourself
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  8. 2 Kings 2:4נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · and as you yourself
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  9. 2 Kings 2:6נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · and as you
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  10. 2 Kings 4:27נַפְשָׁ֣הּ · her soul
    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  11. 2 Kings 4:30נַפְשְׁךָ֖ · and as you yourself
    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
  12. 2 Kings 7:7נַפְשָֽׁם׃ · their lives
    Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
  13. 2 Kings 9:15נַפְשְׁכֶ֔ם · you commanders wish to make me king
    …but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
  14. 2 Kings 10:24נַפְשׁ֖וֹ · he will forfeit his life; נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ · theirs
    And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
  15. 2 Kings 12:4נַפְשׁ֖וֹת · from vows
    Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
  16. 2 Kings 23:3נֶ֔פֶשׁ · [his] soul
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  17. 2 Kings 23:25נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · his soul
    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
  18. 1 Chronicles 5:21וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
    They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:19בְנַפְשׁוֹתָם֙ · who risked their lives; בְנַפְשׁוֹתָ֣ם · at the risk of their lives
    …saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  20. 1 Chronicles 22:19וְנַפְשְׁכֶ֔ם · and soul
    Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
  21. 1 Chronicles 28:9וּבְנֶ֣פֶשׁ · mind
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  22. 2 Chronicles 1:11נֶ֣פֶשׁ · death
    God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
  23. 2 Chronicles 6:38נַפְשָׁ֔ם · 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 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,
  24. 2 Chronicles 15:12נַפְשָֽׁם׃ · soul
    Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
  25. 2 Chronicles 34:31נַפְשׁ֑וֹ · his soul
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
  26. Esther 4:13בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ · [because] you are
    …he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
  27. Esther 7:3נַפְשִׁי֙ · my life
    Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
  28. Esther 7:7נַפְשׁוֹ֙ · his life
    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
  29. Esther 8:11נַפְשָׁם֒ · themselves
    By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
  30. Esther 9:16נַפְשָׁ֗ם · themselves
    The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  31. Esther 9:31נַפְשָׁ֖ם · themselves
    …in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
  32. Job 2:4נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ · his life
    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
  33. Job 2:6נַפְשׁ֥וֹ · his life
    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
  34. Job 3:20נָֽפֶשׁ׃ · of soul
    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
  35. Job 6:7נַפְשִׁ֑י · My soul
    My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
  36. Job 6:11נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · I
    What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
  37. Job 7:11נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · of my soul
    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  38. Job 7:15נַפְשִׁ֑י · so that I
    …so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
  39. Job 9:21נַפְשִׁ֗י · for myself
    Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
  40. Job 10:1נַפְשִׁ֗י · my own; נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · of my soul
    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  41. Job 11:20נָֽפֶשׁ׃פ
    But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
  42. Job 12:10נֶ֣פֶשׁ · The life
    The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
  43. Job 13:14וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י · my life
    Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
  44. Job 14:22וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ · himself
    He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”