rûaḥ

roo'-akh
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

rûaḥ Definition

  1. wind, breath, mind, spirit
    1. breath
    2. wind
      1. of heaven
      2. quarter (of wind), side
      3. breath of air
      4. air, gas
      5. vain, empty thing
    3. spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
      1. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
      2. courage
      3. temper, anger
      4. impatience, patience
      5. spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
      6. disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
      7. prophetic spirit
    4. spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
      1. as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
    5. spirit (as seat of emotion)
      1. desire
      2. sorrow, trouble
    6. spirit
      1. as seat or organ of mental acts
      2. rarely of the will
      3. as seat especially of moral character
    7. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
      1. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
      2. as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
      3. imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
      4. as endowing men with various gifts
      5. as energy of life
      6. as manifest in the Shekinah glory
      7. never referred to as a depersonalised force
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
xwr
Origin
from (07306)
Strong's Number
07307
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 2131a

KJV Word Usage

Spirit or spirit
232
wind
92
breath
27
side
6
mind
5
blast
4
vain
2
air
1
anger
1
cool
1
courage
1
miscellaneous
6
Total
378

KJV Verse Count

11
10
12
2
2
10
14
3
9
5
4
10
2
2
31
39
20
20
46
17
1
44
4
7
2
1
2
3
2
2
9
2
Total
348
PREVIOUS rîaḥ NEXT rûaḥ (Aramaic)

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Ruwach". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .