Nephesh

neh'-fesh
Noun Feminine
NAS Word Usage - Total: 688
  1. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
Xpn
Origin
from (05314)
Strong's Number
5315
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 1395a
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NAS Word Usage

any
1
anyone
2
anyone*
1
appetite
7
being
1
beings
3
body
1
breath
1
corpse
2
creature
6
creatures
3
dead
1
dead person
2
deadly
1
death
1
defenseless*
1
desire
12
desire*
2
discontented*
1
endure*
1
feelings
1
fierce*
2
greedy*
1
heart
5
heart's
2
herself
12
Himself
4
himself
19
human
1
human being
1
hunger
1
life
146
life*
1
lifeblood*
2
lives
34
living creature
1
longing*
1
man
4
man's
1
men*
2
mind
2
Myself
3
myself
2
number
1
ones
1
others
1
ourselves
3
own
1
passion*
1
people
2
people*
1
perfume*
1
person
68
person*
1
persons
19
slave
1
some
1
soul
238
soul's
1
souls
12
strength
1
themselves
6
thirst
1
throat
2
will
1
wish
1
wishes
1
yourself
11
yourselves
13
Total
688

NAS Verse Count

32
15
47
41
24
15
6
1
24
14
16
12
4
4
5
29
139
51
6
7
27
51
12
27
2
3
4
2
3
1
1
Total
625

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 Nephesh". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .