Hebrew word study
נֶפֶשׁ H5315
- Transliteration
- nephesh
- Pronunciation
- neh'-fesh
- KJV glosses
- 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.
Lexical summary
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information