נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

Hebrew · Strong's H5315 · pronounced neh'-fesh · used 754 times in 683 verses

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);

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Where it is used

Psalms 104:35 May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
Psalms 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Psalms 105:22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
Psalms 106:15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
Psalms 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Psalms 107:18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Psalms 107:26 They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
Psalms 109:20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
Psalms 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Psalms 116:4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
Psalms 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
Psalms 116:8 For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Psalms 119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:28 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Psalms 119:109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
Psalms 119:129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
Psalms 119:167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
Psalms 119:175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Psalms 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Psalms 120:6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
Psalms 121:7 The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Psalms 123:4 We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Psalms 124:4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
Psalms 124:5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Psalms 124:7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Psalms 130:5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Psalms 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Psalms 131:2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Psalms 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
Psalms 139:14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
Psalms 141:8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
Psalms 142:4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
Psalms 142:7 Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
Psalms 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalms 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Psalms 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Psalms 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Psalms 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Psalms 146:1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Proverbs 1:18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
Proverbs 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
Proverbs 3:22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
Proverbs 6:26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 6:30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Proverbs 6:32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Proverbs 7:23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 8:36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Proverbs 10:3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Proverbs 11:17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
Proverbs 11:25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
Proverbs 13:2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.