H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)
Strong's H5315 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)
Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Morphology: n-f
Derivation: from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) [H5314];
Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV Renderings: 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
- soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
- that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
- living being
- living being (with life in the blood)
- the man himself, self, person or individual
- seat of the appetites
- seat of emotions and passions
- activity of mind
- dubious
- activity of the will
- dubious
- activity of the character
- dubious
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G435 | ἀνήρ | anḗr | a primary word (compare G444) | a man (properly as an individual male) | fellow, husband, man, sir |
| G1658 | ἐλεύθερος | eleútheros | probably from the alternate of G2064 | unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability) | free (man, woman), at liberty |
| G1680 | ἐλπίς | elpís | from a primary ἔλπω (élpō) (to anticipate, usually with pleasure) | expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence | faith, hope |
| G1798 | ἐνύπνιον | enýpnion | from G1722 and G5258 | something seen in sleep, i.e. a dream (vision in a dream) | dream |
| G2588 | καρδία | kardía | prolonged from a primary κάρ (kár) (Latin cor, "heart") | the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle | (+ broken-)heart(-ed) |
| G2776 | κεφαλή | kephalḗ | from the primary κάπτω (káptō) (in the sense of seizing) | the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively | head |
| G4157 | πνοή | pnoḗ | from G4154 | respiration, a breeze | breath, wind |
| G4983 | σῶμα | sōma | from G4982 | the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively | bodily, body, slave |
| G5590 | ψυχή | psychḗ | from G5594 | breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) | heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you |
| H5314 | נָפַשׁ | nâphash | a primitive root | to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air) | (be) refresh selves (-ed) |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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