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

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G435
• GREEK G1658
• GREEK G1680
• GREEK G1798
• GREEK G2588
• GREEK G2776
• GREEK G4157
• GREEK G4983
• GREEK G5590

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