נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · Hebrew · Strong's H5315 · 754 occurrences

The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “desire”

What it means

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

How the KJV renders it

any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, desire, ghost, heart, hath, lust, man, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, her, him, thyself, themselves, soul, they, thing

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“desire”

also renders eudokía (G2107), zētéō (G2212), aitéō (G154), epithymía (G1939), orégomai (G3713), axióō (G515), parakaléō (G3870), epizētéō (G1934), thélō (G2309), zēlóō (G2206), thélēma (G2307), erōtáō (G2065), epithyméō (G1937), epipothéō (G1971), exaitéomai (G1809), eperōtáō (G1905), ʼâbeh (H15), ʼâvâh (H183), ʼavvâh (H185), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), châmad (H2530), chemdâh (H2532), châphêts (H2654), châphêts (H2655), chêphets (H2656), châshaq (H2836), chêsheq (H2837), kâçaph (H3700), maʼăvay (H3970), machmâd (H4261), mishʼâlâh (H4862), râtsôwn (H7522), taʼăvâh (H8378), tâv (H8420), tᵉshûwqâh (H8669)

“thing”

also renders tìs (G5100), asthenḗs (G772), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), chay (H2416), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qôdesh (H6944), qâlal (H7043), qâsheh (H7186), raʻ (H7451), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)

“man”

also renders ánthrōpos (G444), anḗr (G435), árrhēn (G730), téleios (G5046), heîs (G1520), anthrṓpinos (G442), ischyrós (G2478), oudeís (G3762), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnâsh (H606), bâgad (H898), bîyn (H995), baʻal (H1167), gibbôwr (H1368), geber (H1397), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), raʻ (H7451), râʻaʻ (H7489)

“one”

also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), eirḗnē (G1515), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), heîs (G1520), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), ʼishshâh (H802), gibbôwr (H1368), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390), raʻ (H7451)

“mind”

also renders nóēma (G3540), gnṓmē (G1106), énnoia (G1771), psychḗ (G5590), méllō (G3195), noûs (G3563), diánoia (G1271), pneûma (G4151), zimmâh (H2154), yêtser (H3336), lêb (H3820), lêbâb (H3824), rûwach (H7307), rûwach (H7308)

“pleasure”

also renders cháris (G5485), thélēma (G2307), hēdonḗ (G2237), ʼavvâh (H185), chêsheq (H2837), ṭôwb (H2896), ʻêden (H5730), rᵉʻûwth (H7470), râtsôwn (H7522), simchâh (H8057), shaʻshuaʻ (H8191)

“body”

also renders tìs (G5100), sōma (G4983), chrṓs (G5559), bâsâr (H1320), gûwphâh (H1480), geshem (H1655), nidneh (H5085), ʻetsem (H6106), shᵉʼêr (H7607)

“lust”

also renders órexis (G3715), epithymía (G1939), hēdonḗ (G2237), epithyméō (G1937), epipothéō (G1971), páthos (G3806), ʼâvâh (H183), châmad (H2530), taʼăvâh (H8378)

“any”

also renders hékastos (G1538), pâs (G3956), oudeís (G3762), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), kôl (H3605), kôl (H3606), râbâh (H7235)

“person”

also renders prósōpon (G4383), hypóstasis (G5287), ʼâdâm (H120), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnôwsh (H582), baʻal (H1167)

“beast”

also renders zōon (G2226), ktēnos (G2934), bᵉʻîyr (H1165), chay (H2416), chêyvâʼ (H2423)

“breath”

also renders pnoḗ (G4157), nâphach (H5301), nishmâʼ (H5396), nᵉshâmâh (H5397), rûwach (H7307)

“heart”

also renders bâl (H1079), lêb (H3821), lᵉbab (H3825), libbâh (H3826)

“soul”

also renders psychḗ (G5590), nᵉdîybâh (H5082), nᵉshâmâh (H5397)

“creature”

also renders ktísma (G2938), ktísis (G2937)

“own”

also renders gnḗsios (G1103), râtsôwn (H7522)

“appetite”

also renders chay (H2416)

“ghost”

also renders pneûma (G4151)

“hath”

also renders yêsh (H3426)

“her”

also renders ídios (G2398)

“him”

also renders ʼîysh (H376)

“thyself”

also renders heautoû (G1438)

“they”

also renders heautoû (G1438)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

754 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 5:21 · HC/Ncbsc

They took away their livestock: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

1 Chronicles 11:19 · HR/Ncbpc/Sp3mp

and said, “My God forbid me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?” For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

1 Chronicles 22:19 · HC/Ncbsc/Sp2mp

Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 · HC/R/Ncbsa

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Kings 1:12 · HNcbsc

Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and your son Solomon’s life.

1 Kings 1:29 · HNcbsc/Sp1cs

The king vowed and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.