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.
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Breath
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Acts 17:25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
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11 occurrences in 11 verses.
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רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
27 times translated as this KJV form377 total Strong's occurrences
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Strong's KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Strong's first: Genesis 6:17Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:19
Open full H7307 profile →נְשָׁמָה
nᵉshâmâh · nesh-aw-maw'
12 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
Strong's KJV usage: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:7Strong's last: Daniel 10:17
Open full H5397 profile →πνοή
pnoḗ · pno-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
respiration, a breeze
Strong's KJV usage: :--breath, wind.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 17:25Strong's last: Acts 17:25
Open full G4157 profile →נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
1 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences
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 KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Strong's first: Job 41:21Strong's last: Job 41:21
Open full H5315 profile →נִשְׁמָא
nishmâʼ · nish-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
vital breath
Strong's KJV usage: breath.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:23Strong's last: Daniel 5:23
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H5397
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.
H7307
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
H7307
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
H5397
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
H7307
And 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.
H5397
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
H7307
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
H7307
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
H7307
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
H7307
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
H7307
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
H7307
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
H5397
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
H5397
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
H5397
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
H5397
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
H5315
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
H7307
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.
H7307
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
H7307
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
H7307
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
H7307
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
H5397
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
H7307
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
H5397
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
English meaning and historical usage.
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breath
BREATH, noun breth.
1. The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.
2. Life.
No man has more contempt than I of breath
3. The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to a state of exhaustion from violent action; as, I am out of breath; I am scarce in breath
4. Respite; pause; time to breathe; as, let me take breath; give me some breath
5. Breeze; aid in gentle motion.
Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea,
When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.
6. A single respiration; as, he swears at every breath
7. An instant; the time of a single respiration; a single act.
He smiles and he frowns in a breath
8. A word.
A breath can make them, as a breath has made.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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