נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: 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.

Derivation: from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Job 14:22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
• Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Job 18:4 You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
• Job 19:2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
• Job 21:25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
• Job 23:13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
• Job 24:12 From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
• Job 27:2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
• Job 30:25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
• Job 31:30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
• Job 31:39 if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• Job 32:2 This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
• Job 33:18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Job 33:20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
• Job 33:22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
• Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
• Job 33:30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
• Job 36:14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
• Job 41:21 His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
• Psalms 3:2 Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
• Psalms 6:3 My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
• Psalms 6:4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
• Psalms 7:2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• Psalms 7:5 then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
• Psalms 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Psalms 11:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Psalms 13:2 How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
• Psalms 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• Psalms 17:9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
• Psalms 17:13 Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
• Psalms 19:7 The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Psalms 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
• Psalms 22:29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
• Psalms 23:3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
• Psalms 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Psalms 25:1 Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
• Psalms 25:13 His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
• Psalms 25:20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
• Psalms 26:9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
• Psalms 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• Psalms 30:3 O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
• Psalms 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
• Psalms 31:9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
• Psalms 31:13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• Psalms 33:19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
• Psalms 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
• Psalms 34:2 My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
• Psalms 34:22 The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
• Psalms 35:3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
• Psalms 35:4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
• Psalms 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalms 35:9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
• Psalms 35:12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
• Psalms 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
• Psalms 35:17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
• Psalms 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
• Psalms 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.