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);
1 Samuel 23:15 - saw And David was come out that Saul to seek his life And David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood
1 Samuel 23:20 - according to all the desire of thy soul Now therefore O king come down come down and our part shall be to deliver hand Now therefore O king
1 Samuel 24:11 - Moreover my father see see the skirt of thy robe in mine hand for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not know see in mine hand that there is neither evil nor transgression and I have not sinned against thee yet thou huntest my soul to take
1 Samuel 25:26 - Now therefore my lord liveth as the LORD liveth and as thy soul hath withholden as the LORD thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand be as Nabal now let thine enemies and they that seek Now therefore my lord evil
1 Samuel 25:29 - is risen Yet a man to pursue thee and to seek and the souls and the souls of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God and the souls of thine enemies them shall he sling out as out of the middle of a sling
1 Samuel 26:21 - Then said Saul I have sinned return my son David for I will no more do thee harm was precious because my soul in thine eyes this day behold I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly
1 Samuel 26:24 - be much set by And behold as thy life this day in mine eyes be much set by And behold as thy life in mine eyes of the LORD and let him deliver me out of all tribulation
1 Samuel 28:9 - said And the woman unto him Behold thou knowest hath done what Saul how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life to cause me to die
1 Samuel 28:21 - came And the woman unto Saul and saw troubled that he was sore and said and have hearkened unto him Behold thine handmaid thy voice and I have put my life in my hand and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest
1 Samuel 30:6 - distressed And David was greatly spake for the people of stoning was grieved him because the soul for the people every man for his sons and for his daughters encouraged And David himself in the LORD his God
2 Chronicles 1:11 - said And God to Solomon Because this was in thine heart and thou hast not asked riches wealth or honour nor the life of thine enemies life long and thou hast not asked and thou hast not asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself that thou mayest judge my people over whom I have made thee king
2 Chronicles 6:38 - If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity whither they have carried them captives and pray toward in the land which thou gavest unto their fathers and toward the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house which I have built for thy name
2 Chronicles 15:12 - And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul
2 Chronicles 34:31 - stood And the king in his place and made a covenant before the LORD after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul to perform the words a covenant which are written in this book
2 Kings 1:13 - again And he sent a captain fifty And the third fifty went up and came a captain fifty And the third and fell on his knees before Elijah and besought him and said unto him O man of God be precious I pray thee let my life I pray thee let my life thy servants fifty in thy sight
2 Kings 1:14 - Behold there came fire from heaven and burnt up the two captains fifties of the former fifties now be precious therefore let my life in thy sight
2 Kings 2:2 - said And Elijah And Elisha Tarry here I pray thee for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel said And Elisha liveth here I pray thee for the LORD liveth and as thy soul I will not leave thee So they went down me to Bethel
2 Kings 2:4 - And he said And Elijah unto him Elisha tarry As the LORD hath sent me to Jericho And he said liveth As the LORD liveth and as thy soul I will not leave thee So they came me to Jericho
2 Kings 2:6 - And he said And Elijah unto him Tarry As the LORD hath sent me to Jordan And he said liveth As the LORD liveth and as thy soul I will not leave thee And they two
2 Kings 4:27 - And when she came And the man of God to the hill she caught him by the feet came near but Gehazi to thrust her away said And the man of God Let her alone for her soul is vexed within her and the LORD hath hid it from me and hath not told