Strong’s H5315 · Hebrew
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
Origin from נָפַשׁ (H5314);
Meaning properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
In the King James Version any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
In 670 verses of the King James Version
351–400 of 670
- Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
- Psalms 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Psalms 40:14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Psalms 41:2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
- Psalms 41:4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
- Psalms 42:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Psalms 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 42:4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- Psalms 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
- Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
- Psalms 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- Psalms 49:8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- Psalms 49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
- Psalms 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 54:4Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
- Psalms 55:18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
- Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Psalms 57:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
- Psalms 62:1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
- Psalms 62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Psalms 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Psalms 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Psalms 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
- Psalms 63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- Psalms 66:9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- Psalms 66:16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- Psalms 69:1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Psalms 69:10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- Psalms 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- Psalms 70:2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Psalms 71:10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
- Psalms 71:13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
- Psalms 72:13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
- Psalms 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
- Psalms 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Psalms 78:50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
- Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- Psalms 86:2Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
- Psalms 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.