Strong's Number 5315

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Transliteration:

nephesh {neh'-fesh}

Word Origin:

from 5314

TWOT:

1395a

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Usage in the KJV:

soul 475, life 117, person 29, mind 15, heart 15, creature 9, body 8, himself 8, yourselves 6, dead 5, will 4, desire 4, man 3, themselves 3, any 3, appetite 2, misc 47

Total: 753

Definition:

soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
2. living being
3. living being (with life in the blood)
4. the man himself, self, person or individual
5. seat of the appetites
6. seat of emotions and passions
7. activity of mind
  1. dubious
8. activity of the will
  1. dubious
9. activity of the character
  1. dubious