Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5315: נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh) Definition

Strong's number
H5315
Lemma
נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration
nephesh
Pronunciation
neh'-fesh
Strong's definition
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

683 instances of the word נֶפֶשׁ nephesh (H5315)


  • Isaiah 51:23 - But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee which have said to thy soul Bow down that we may go over But I will put as the ground thy body and as the street that we may go over

  • Isaiah 53:10 - of the LORD Yet it pleased to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make an offering for sin his soul he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the LORD in his hand shall prosper

  • Isaiah 53:11 - of the travail of his soul He shall see and shall be satisfied by his knowledge justify shall my righteous servant many their iniquities for he shall bear

  • Isaiah 53:12 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great with the strong Therefore will I divide the spoil because he hath poured out unto death his soul for the transgressors and he was numbered the sin him a portion with the great and he bare for the transgressors and made intercession

  • Isaiah 55:2 - Wherefore do ye spend money not for that which is not bread and your labour not for that which satisfieth diligently diligently unto me and eat ye that which is good delight itself in fatness and let your soul

  • Isaiah 55:3 - Incline your ear unto me hear shall live and your soul and I will make covenant an everlasting mercies of David with you even the sure

  • Isaiah 56:11 - dogs Yea they are greedy never have enough and they are shepherds never have that cannot understand to their own way they all look every one for his gain from his quarter

  • Isaiah 58:3 - Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou seest not wherefore have we afflicted our soul and thou takest no knowledge Behold in the day of your fast ye find pleasure all your labours and exact

  • Isaiah 58:5 - this Is it such a fast that I have chosen a day to afflict for a man his soul is it to bow down as a bulrush his head sackcloth and ashes and to spread this under him wilt thou call Is it such a fast a day and an acceptable to the LORD

  • Isaiah 58:10 - And if thou draw out to the hungry soul soul the afflicted and satisfy rise in obscurity then shall thy light and thy darkness be as the noonday

  • Isaiah 58:11 - shall guide And the LORD thee continually and satisfy in drought thy soul thy bones and make fat garden and thou shalt be like a watered and like a spring of water fail of water

  • Isaiah 61:10 - I will greatly I will greatly in the LORD shall be joyful my soul in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation me with the robe of righteousness he hath covered as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels

  • Isaiah 66:3 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man he that sacrificeth a lamb as if he cut off a dog's he that offereth an oblation blood as if he offered swine's he that burneth incense as if he blessed an idol Yea they have chosen their own ways in their abominations and their soul delighteth

  • Jeremiah 2:24 - A wild ass used to the wilderness at her pleasure that snuffeth up the wind in her occasion who can turn her away all they that seek her will not weary themselves in her month they shall find

  • Jeremiah 2:34 - Also in thy skirts I have not found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents it by secret search I have not found

  • Jeremiah 3:11 - said And the LORD hath justified herself unto me The backsliding Israel more than treacherous Judah

  • Jeremiah 4:10 - Then said I Ah Lord GOD surely deceived deceived this people and Jerusalem Then said Ye shall have peace reacheth whereas the sword unto the soul

  • Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels My bowels I am pained at my very heart maketh a noise heart in me I cannot hold my peace the sound of the trumpet because thou hast heard O my soul the alarm of war

  • Jeremiah 4:30 - And when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do Though thou clothest thyself with crimson though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold though thou rentest with painting thy face in vain shalt thou make thyself fair will despise thy lovers thy life thee they will seek

  • Jeremiah 4:31 - a voice as of a woman in travail For I have heard and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child a voice of the daughter of Zion that bewaileth herself that spreadeth her hands saying Woe is wearied is me now! for my soul because of murderers