Strong H5315H5315Lנֶ֫פֶשׁ

soul: appetite

One of the 8 senses of Strong H5315

Transliteration
nephesh
Pronunciation
neh'-fesh
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) uncertain
1h) activity of the will
1h1) uncertain
1i) activity of the character
1i1) uncertain

General definition

From H5314; properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - {any} {appetite} {beast} {body} {breath} {creature} X dead ({-ly}) {desire} X [dis-] {contented} X {fish} {ghost} + {greedy} {he} heart ({-y}) ({hath} X jeopardy of) life (X in {jeopardy}) {lust} {man} {me} {mind} {mortality} {one} {own} {person} {pleasure} ({her-} {him-} {my-} thy-) {self} them (your) {-selves} + {slay} {soul} + {tablet} {they} {thing} (X she) {will} X would have it.

In the Bible

Strong H5315L appears in 45 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • soul19
  • desire5
  • mind3
  • pleasure3
  • unto3
  • appetite2
  • heart2
  • lust2
  • greedy1
  • he1
  • herself1
  • lest1

First verses

  1. Genesis 23:8
    And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
  2. Exodus 15:9
    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
  3. Numbers 11:6
    But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
  4. Deuteronomy 12:20
    When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
  5. Deuteronomy 14:26
    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
  6. Deuteronomy 18:6
    And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
  7. Deuteronomy 21:14
    And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
  8. Deuteronomy 23:24
    When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
  9. Deuteronomy 24:15
    At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
  10. Judges 18:25
    And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
  11. Job 6:7
    The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
  12. Job 33:20
    So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
  13. Psalms 27:12
    Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  14. Psalms 41:2
    The 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.
  15. Psalms 78:18
    And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
  16. Psalms 105:22
    To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
  17. Proverbs 6:30
    Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
  18. Proverbs 10:3
    The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  19. Proverbs 13:2
    A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
  20. Proverbs 13:25
    The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
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