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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Soul

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

458exact KJV occurrences 419Old Testament 39New Testament 42books containing the word 3mapped Strong's IDs 456occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 18:14

And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where soul appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 1313 verses Exodus 44 verses Leviticus 3227 verses Numbers 2422 verses Deuteronomy 1816 verses Joshua 11 verses Judges 33 verses 1 Samuel 1916 verses 2 Samuel 55 verses 1 Kings 66 verses 2 Kings 77 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Job 2524 verses Psalms 132130 verses Proverbs 3836 verses Ecclesiastes 55 verses Song of Solomon 77 verses Isaiah 2523 verses Jeremiah 2322 verses Lamentations 88 verses Ezekiel 119 verses Hosea 11 verses Jonah 22 verses Micah 22 verses Habakkuk 22 verses Zechariah 21 verses Matthew 75 verses Mark 55 verses Luke 65 verses John 11 verses Acts 55 verses Romans 22 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses 2 Corinthians 11 verses 1 Thessalonians 11 verses Hebrews 44 verses James 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 2 Peter 11 verses 3 John 11 verses Revelation 22 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5315
נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

416 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 2:7Strong's last: Zechariah 11:8

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GreekG5590
ψυχή

psychḗ · psoo-khay'

39 times translated as this KJV form112 total Strong's occurrences

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)

Strong's KJV usage: :--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 10:28Strong's last: Revelation 18:14

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HebrewH5082
נְדִיבָה

nᵉdîybâh · ned-ee-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, nobility, i.e. reputation

Strong's KJV usage: soul.

Strong's first: Job 30:15Strong's last: Job 30:15

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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132 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Psalms 116:4
H5315

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Psalms 116:7
H5315

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Psalms 116:8
H5315

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Psalms 119:20
H5315

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Psalms 119:25
H5315

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Psalms 119:28
H5315

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Psalms 119:81
H5315

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Psalms 119:109
H5315

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

Psalms 119:129
H5315

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Psalms 119:167
H5315

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Psalms 119:175
H5315

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Psalms 120:2
H5315

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 121:7
H5315

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalms 123:4
H5315

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Psalms 124:4
H5315

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Psalms 124:7
H5315

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Psalms 130:5
H5315

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Psalms 130:6
H5315

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Psalms 131:2
H5315

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Psalms 138:3
H5315

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Psalms 139:14
H5315

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psalms 141:8
H5315

But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Psalms 142:4
H5315

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

soul

SOUL, noun

1. The spiritual, rational and immortal substance in man, which distinguishes him from brutes; that part of man which enables him to think and reason, and which renders him a subject of moral government. The immortality of the soul is a fundamental article of the christian system. Such is the nature of the human soul that it must have a God, an object of supreme affection.

2. The understanding; the intellectual principle. The eyes of our soul then only begin to see, when our bodily eye are closing.

3. Vital principle. Thou son, of this great world both eye and soul

4. Spirit; essence; chief part; as charity, the soul of all the virtues. Emotion is the soul of eloquence.

5. Life; animation principle or part; as, an able commander is the soul of an army.

6. Internal power. There is some soul of goodness in things evil.

7. A human being; a person. There was no a soul present. In Paris there are more than seven hundred thousand souls. London, Westminster, Southwark and the suburbs, are said to contain twelve hundred thousand souls.

8. Animal life. To deliver their soil from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psalms 33:7.

9. Active power. And heaven would fly before the driving soul

10. Spirit; courage; fire; grandeur of mind. That he wants caution he must needs confess, but not a soul to give our arms success.

11. Generosity; nobleness of mind; a colloquial use.

12. An intelligent being. Every soul in heav'n shall bend the knee.

13. Heart; affection. The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David. I Sam. 18.

14. In Scripture, appetite; as the full soul; the hungry soul Proverbs 27:7. Job 33:18.

15. A familiar compellation of a person, but often expressing some qualities of the mind; as alas, poor soul; he was a good soul

SOUL, verb transitive To endure with a soul [Not in use.]

SOUL, SOWL, verb intransitive To afford suitable sustenance. [Not in use.]

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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