H5397 נְשָׁמָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 24 KJV occurrences
נְשָׁמָה
nᵉshâmâh · nesh-aw-maw'
Definition
a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV Renderings
blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Derivation / Etymology
from H5395 (נָשַׁם);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 24)
- Genesis 2:7And 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.
- 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 destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
- 2 Samuel 22:16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- Job 4:9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
- Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
- Job 37:10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- Proverbs 20:27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- 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 breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: