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H5315

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

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Meaning and usage

Derivation: from ;

Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

KJV renderings: 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.

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Every KJV occurrence of H5315

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Genesis 9:5

“lives”

נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיHebrew common noun · both genders · plural · constructInterlinear
Exodus 1:5

“souls”

נֶ֛פֶשׁHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · constructInterlinear
Exodus 16:16

“persons”

נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיHebrew common noun · both genders · plural · constructInterlinear

Dictionary: James Strong, public domain. Occurrences: KJV 2006 Strong’s word alignment. Greek forms and parsing: Maurice A. Robinson’s public-domain Textus Receptus morphology. Hebrew and Aramaic forms and parsing: Original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb (CC BY 4.0). Device pronunciation voices vary.