נְשָׁמָה neshamah

Hebrew word for “breath” · Strong’s H5397 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) breath, spirit; 1a) breath (of God);

How it is translated

Glosses given for neshamah in context, with how often each is used:

• breath 16
• breathing thing 6
• breathing 1
• breaths 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 11 (2), Genesis 2 (1), Genesis 7 (1), Deuteronomy 20 (1), Joshua 10 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Kings 15 (1), 1 Kings 17 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 26 (1)

Forms

• נשׁמה 7
• נשׁמת 4
• מנשׁמת 4
• ונשׁמת 3
• הנשׁמה 2
• נשׁמתי 1
• ונשׁמתו 1
• ונשׁמות 1
• ונשׁמה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with neshamah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 10
• אַף aph “face” 7
• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 4
• מוֹסָדָה mosadah “foundation” 2
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4
• אָדָם adam “man” 4
• גְּעָרָה gearah “rebuke” 2
• אָפִיק aphiq “channel” 2
• אֵל el “God” 3
• תֵּבֵל tevel “world” 2
• חָרַם charam “to devote/destroy” 2
• שַׁדַּי shadday “Almighty” 2

Key verses

The verses using neshamah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• Deuteronomy 20:16 — But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
• Joshua 10:40 — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly…
• Job 4:9 — By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
• Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
• Job 33:4 — The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
• Job 34:14 — If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
• Psalms 18:15 — Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
• Isaiah 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
• Isaiah 30:33 — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the…
• Isaiah 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth…
• Isaiah 57:16 — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.