נֶפֶשׁ — nephesh

Meaning

Hebrew

נֶפֶשׁ

Definition

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Derivation

from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

King James Version renders it as

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.

Derived from

• נָפַשׁ nâphashH5314 · to breathe · 3×

Where it appears

The first verses that use nephesh (757 times in all).

• Genesis 1:20
• Genesis 1:21
• Genesis 1:24
• Genesis 1:30
• Genesis 2:7
• Genesis 2:19
• Genesis 9:4
• Genesis 9:5
• Genesis 9:10
• Genesis 9:12
• Genesis 9:15