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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132 occurrences in 130 verses.
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Genesis
1313 verses
Exodus
44 verses
Leviticus
3227 verses
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2422 verses
Deuteronomy
1816 verses
Joshua
11 verses
Judges
33 verses
1 Samuel
1916 verses
2 Samuel
55 verses
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66 verses
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77 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
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33 verses
Job
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Proverbs
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55 verses
Song of Solomon
77 verses
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2523 verses
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2322 verses
Lamentations
88 verses
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119 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Jonah
22 verses
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22 verses
Habakkuk
22 verses
Zechariah
21 verses
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75 verses
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55 verses
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65 verses
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11 verses
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55 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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3 John
11 verses
Revelation
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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H5315
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
H5315
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
H5082
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
H5315
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
H5315
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
H5315
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
H5315
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
H5315
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
H5315
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
H5315
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
H5315
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
H5315
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
H5315
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
H5315
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
H5315
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
H5315
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
H5315
<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
H5315
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
H5315
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
no direct Strong's tag
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
H5315
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
H5315
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
H5315
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
H5315
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
H5315
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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