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Strong's H7307 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: רוּחַ (rûwach)

Pronunciation: roo'-akh

POS: roo'-akh Morph: n-f

Exegesis: from ;

Definition: from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

KJV Usage: air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Senses[edit | edit source]

1. 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
2. 1a) breath
3. 1b) wind
4. 1b1) of heaven
5. 1b2) quarter (of wind), side
6. 1b3) breath of air
7. 1b4) air, gas
8. 1b5) vain, empty thing
9. 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
10. 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
11. 1c2) courage
12. 1c3) temper, anger
13. 1c4) impatience, patience
14. 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
15. 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
16. 1c7) prophetic spirit
17. 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
18. 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
19. 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
20. 1e1) desire
21. 1e2) sorrow, trouble
22. 1f) spirit
23. 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
24. 1f2) rarely of the will
25. 1f3) as seat especially of moral character
26. 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
27. 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
28. 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
29. 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
30. 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
31. 1g5) as energy of life
32. 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
33. 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force