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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

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Occurrences

378 total
  1. Psalm 55:8מֵר֖וּחַ · this raging
    I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
  2. Psalm 76:12ר֣וּחַ · the spirits
    He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
  3. Psalm 77:3רוּחִ֣י · [and] my spirit
    I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  4. Psalm 77:6רוּחִֽי׃ · [and] my spirit
    At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  5. Psalm 78:8רוּחֽוֹ׃ · whose spirit
    Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  6. Psalm 78:39ר֥וּחַ · breeze
    He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
  7. Psalm 83:13רֽוּחַ׃ · the wind
    Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
  8. Psalm 103:16ר֣וּחַ · the wind
    …when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
  9. Psalm 104:3רֽוּחַ׃ · of the wind
    …laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
  10. Psalm 104:4רוּח֑וֹת · the winds
    He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
  11. Psalm 104:29ר֭וּחָם · their breath
    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  12. Psalm 104:30ר֭וּחֲךָ · Your Spirit
    When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
  13. Psalm 106:33רוּח֑וֹ · His Spirit
    For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
  14. Psalm 107:25ר֣וּחַ
    For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
  15. Psalm 135:7ר֝וּחַ · the wind
    He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
  16. Psalm 135:17ר֥וּחַ · breath
    …they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
  17. Psalm 139:7מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ · to escape Your Spirit
    Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
  18. Psalm 142:3רוּחִ֗י · Although my spirit
    Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
  19. Psalm 143:4רוּחִ֑י · My spirit
    My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
  20. Psalm 143:7ר֫וּחִ֥י · my spirit
    Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  21. Psalm 143:10רוּחֲךָ֥ · Spirit
    Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
  22. Psalm 146:4ר֭וּחוֹ · When his spirit
    When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
  23. Psalm 147:18ר֝וּח֗וֹ · His winds
    He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
  24. Psalm 148:8ר֥וּחַ · wind
    …lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
  25. Proverbs 1:23רוּחִ֑י · spirit on you
    If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
  26. Proverbs 11:13ר֝֗וּחַ · person
    A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
  27. Proverbs 11:29ר֑וּחַ · the wind
    He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
  28. Proverbs 14:29ר֝֗וּחַ
    A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
  29. Proverbs 15:4בְּרֽוּחַ׃ · the spirit
    A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
  30. Proverbs 15:13ר֣וּחַ · the spirit
    A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
  31. Proverbs 16:2רוּח֣וֹת · but his motives
    All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
  32. Proverbs 16:18רֽוּחַ׃ · spirit
    Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  33. Proverbs 16:19ר֭וּחַ · in spirit
    It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
  34. Proverbs 16:32בְּ֝רוּח֗וֹ · his temper [is greater]
    He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
  35. Proverbs 17:22וְר֥וּחַ · spirit
    A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
  36. Proverbs 17:27ר֝֗וּחַ · spirit
    A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
  37. Proverbs 18:14 (2×)רֽוּחַ־ · The spirit; וְר֥וּחַ · spirit
    The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
  38. Proverbs 25:14וְ֭רוּחַ · and wind
    Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
  39. Proverbs 25:23ר֣וּחַ · wind
    As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
  40. Proverbs 25:28לְרוּחֽוֹ׃ · his temper
    Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
  41. Proverbs 27:16ר֑וּחַ · the wind
    …restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
  42. Proverbs 29:11ר֭וּחוֹ · his anger
    A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
  43. Proverbs 29:23ר֝֗וּחַ · spirit
    A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
  44. Proverbs 30:4ר֨וּחַ׀ · the wind
    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
  45. Ecclesiastes 1:6 (2×)הָר֔וּחַ · The wind; הָרֽוּחַ׃ · [its]
    The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
  46. Ecclesiastes 1:14רֽוּחַ׃ · of the wind
    I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
  47. Ecclesiastes 1:17רֽוּחַ׃ · of the wind
    So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
  48. Ecclesiastes 2:11ר֔וּחַ · of the wind
    Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.