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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. Hosea 12:1ר֙וּחַ֙ · the wind
    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
  2. Hosea 13:15ר֨וּחַ · a wind
    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
  3. Joel 2:28רוּחִי֙ · My Spirit
    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
  4. Joel 2:29רוּחִֽי׃ · My Spirit
    Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
  5. Amos 4:13ר֗וּחַ · the wind
    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
  6. Jonah 1:4רֽוּחַ־ · wind
    Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
  7. Jonah 4:8ר֤וּחַ · wind
    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
  8. Micah 2:7ר֣וּחַ · Is the Spirit
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  9. Micah 2:11ר֙וּחַ֙ · of wind
    If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
  10. Micah 3:8ר֣וּחַ · the Spirit
    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  11. Habakkuk 1:11ר֛וּחַ · like the wind
    Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
  12. Habakkuk 2:19ר֖וּחַ · breath
    Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
  13. Haggai 1:14 (3×)רוּחַ֩ · the spirit; ר֙וּחַ֙ · the spirit; ר֔וּחַ · the spirit
    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
  14. Haggai 2:5וְרוּחִ֖י · And My Spirit
    This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”
  15. Zechariah 2:6רוּח֧וֹת · winds
    “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
  16. Zechariah 4:6בְּרוּחִ֔י · by My Spirit
    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  17. Zechariah 5:9וְר֣וּחַ · with the wind
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
  18. Zechariah 6:5רֻח֣וֹת · spirits
    And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
  19. Zechariah 6:8רוּחִ֖י · to My Spirit
    Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
  20. Zechariah 7:12בְּרוּח֔וֹ · by His Spirit
    They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
  21. Zechariah 12:1רֽוּחַ־ · the spirit
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
  22. Zechariah 12:10ר֤וּחַ · a spirit
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  23. Zechariah 13:2ר֥וּחַ · the spirit
    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
  24. Malachi 2:15 (2×)ר֙וּחַ֙ · of the Spirit; בְּר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם · in your spirit
    Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
  25. Malachi 2:16בְּרוּחֲכֶ֖ם · in your spirit
    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.