Strong H5397נְשָׁמָה

Definition

Detailed definition

In the Bible

Strong H5397 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• breath11
• blast3
• breathe2
• breathed2
• spirit2
• inspiration1
• let1
• nothing1
• soul1

First verses

1. Genesis 2:7
   And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
2. Genesis 7:22
   All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
3. Deuteronomy 20:16
   But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
4. Joshua 10:40
   So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
5. Joshua 11:11
   And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
6. Joshua 11:14
   And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
7. 2 Samuel 22:16
   And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
8. 1 Kings 15:29
   And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
9. 1 Kings 17:17
   And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
10. Job 4:9
    By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
11. Job 26:4
    To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
12. Job 27:3
    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
13. Job 32:8
    But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
14. Job 33:4
    The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
15. Job 34:14
    If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
16. Job 37:10
    By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
17. Psalms 18:15
    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
18. Psalms 150:6
    Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
19. Proverbs 20:27
    The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
20. Isaiah 2:22
    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Occurrences by book

• Genesis2
• Deuteronomy1
• Joshua3
• 2 Samuel1
• 1 Kings2
• Job7
• Psalms2
• Proverbs1
• Isaiah4
• Daniel1

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