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Strong's H5315 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)

Pronunciation: neh'-fesh

POS: neh'-fesh Morph: n-f

Exegesis: from ;

Definition: from נָפַשׁ; 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.

KJV Usage: 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.

Senses[edit | edit source]

1. 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
2. 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
3. 1b) living being
4. 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
5. 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
6. 1e) seat of the appetites
7. 1f) seat of emotions and passions
8. 1g) activity of mind
9. 1g1) dubious
10. 1h) activity of the will
11. 1h1) dubious
12. 1i) activity of the character
13. 1i1) dubious