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רוּחַ

ru.achspirit
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine378 occurrences32 books348 verses

Definition

from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Traditional renderings: air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

378 total
  1. Genesis 1:2וְר֣וּחַ · And the Spirit
    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  2. Genesis 3:8לְר֣וּחַ · in the breeze
    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  3. Genesis 6:3רוּחִ֤י · My Spirit
    So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
  4. Genesis 6:17ר֣וּחַ · the breath
    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  5. Genesis 7:15ר֥וּחַ · the breath
    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
  6. Genesis 7:22ר֨וּחַ · of
    Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
  7. Genesis 8:1ר֙וּחַ֙ · sent a wind
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  8. Genesis 26:35ר֑וּחַ · they brought
    And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
  9. Genesis 41:8רוּח֔וֹ · his spirit
    In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
  10. Genesis 41:38ר֥וּחַ · the Spirit
    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
  11. Genesis 45:27ר֖וּחַ · the spirit
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  12. Exodus 6:9ר֔וּחַ · spirit
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  13. Exodus 10:13 (2×)ר֥וּחַ · wind; וְר֙וּחַ֙ · wind
    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
  14. Exodus 10:19רֽוּחַ־ · wind
    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
  15. Exodus 14:21בְּר֨וּחַ · wind
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  16. Exodus 15:8וּבְר֤וּחַ · At the blast
    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
  17. Exodus 15:10בְרוּחֲךָ֖ · with Your breath
    But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  18. Exodus 28:3ר֣וּחַ · with a spirit
    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
  19. Exodus 31:3ר֣וּחַ · with the Spirit
    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
  20. Exodus 35:21רוּח֜וֹ · spirit
    And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
  21. Exodus 35:31ר֣וּחַ · with the Spirit
    And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
  22. Numbers 5:14 (2×)רֽוּחַ־ · and if a feeling; רֽוּחַ־ · if a feeling
    …and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
  23. Numbers 5:30ר֥וּחַ · a feeling
    …or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
  24. Numbers 11:17הָר֛וּחַ · the Spirit
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  25. Numbers 11:25 (2×)הָר֙וּחַ֙ · the Spirit; הָר֔וּחַ · As the Spirit
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  26. Numbers 11:26הָר֗וּחַ · and the Spirit
    Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
  27. Numbers 11:29רוּח֖וֹ · His Spirit
    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
  28. Numbers 11:31וְר֜וּחַ · Now a wind
    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
  29. Numbers 14:24ר֤וּחַ · spirit
    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
  30. Numbers 16:22הָרוּחֹ֖ת · of the spirits
    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
  31. Numbers 24:2ר֥וּחַ · the Spirit
    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
  32. Numbers 27:16הָרוּחֹ֖ת · of the spirits
    “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
  33. Numbers 27:18ר֣וּחַ · the Spirit
    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
  34. Deuteronomy 2:30רוּח֗וֹ · had made his spirit
    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
  35. Deuteronomy 34:9ר֣וּחַ · with the spirit
    Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  36. Joshua 2:11ר֛וּחַ · courage
    When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
  37. Joshua 5:1ר֔וּחַ · and their spirits
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  38. Judges 3:10רֽוּחַ־ · The Spirit
    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
  39. Judges 6:34וְר֣וּחַ · So the Spirit
    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
  40. Judges 8:3רוּחָם֙ · their anger
    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
  41. Judges 9:23ר֣וּחַ · a spirit
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
  42. Judges 11:29ר֣וּחַ · Then the Spirit
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  43. Judges 13:25ר֣וּחַ · And the Spirit
    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  44. Judges 14:6ר֣וּחַ · and the Spirit
    …and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
  45. Judges 14:19ר֣וּחַ · Then the Spirit
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
  46. Judges 15:14ר֣וּחַ · And the Spirit
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  47. Judges 15:19רוּח֖וֹ · his strength
    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.