נְשָׁמָה

nᵉshâmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5397 · 24 occurrences

The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “breath”

What it means

a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

from H5395 (נָשַׁם);

How the KJV renders it

blast, breath, inspiration, soul, spirit

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“breath”

also renders pnoḗ (G4157), nâphach (H5301), nephesh (H5315), nishmâʼ (H5396), rûwach (H7307)

“soul”

also renders psychḗ (G5590), nᵉdîybâh (H5082), nephesh (H5315)

“spirit”

also renders phántasma (G5326), rûwach (H7307), rûwach (H7308)

“blast”

also renders rûwach (H7307), shâdaph (H7710)

Questions this word decides

What does 2 Timothy 3:16 mean that scripture is 'God-breathed'?

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Kings 15:29 HNcfsa1 Kings 17:17 HNcfsa2 Samuel 22:16 HR/NcfscDaniel 10:17 HC/NcfsaDeuteronomy 20:16 HNcfsaGenesis 2:7 HNcfscGenesis 7:22 HNcfscIsaiah 2:22 HNcfsaIsaiah 30:33 HNcfscIsaiah 42:5 HNcfsaIsaiah 57:16 HC/NcfpaJob 4:9 HR/NcfscJob 26:4 HC/NcfscJob 27:3 HNcfsc/Sp1csJob 32:8 HC/NcfscJob 33:4 HC/NcfscJob 34:14 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msJob 37:10 HR/NcfscJoshua 10:40 HTd/NcfsaJoshua 11:11 HNcfsaJoshua 11:14 HNcfsaProverbs 20:27 HNcfscPsalm 18:15 HR/NcfscPsalm 150:6 HTd/Ncfsa

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.