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

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G129
• GREEK G417
• GREEK G435
• GREEK G2250
• GREEK G2372
• GREEK G3313
• GREEK G3563
• GREEK G4151
• GREEK G4157
• GREEK G5428
• GREEK G5590

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