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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Soul
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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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Genesis
1313 verses
Exodus
44 verses
Leviticus
3227 verses
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1816 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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55 verses
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11 verses
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Song of Solomon
77 verses
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119 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
416 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:7Strong's last: Zechariah 11:8
Open full H5315 profile →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
Open full G5590 profile →נְדִיבָה
nᵉdîybâh · ned-ee-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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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G5590
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
G5590
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
G5590
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
G5590
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
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And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
G5590
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
G5590
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
G5590
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
G5590
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
G5590
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
G5590
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
G5590
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
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And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
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And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
G5590
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
G5590
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
G5590
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
G5590
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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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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