H5397 - נְשָׁמָה (nᵉshâmâh)

H5397 נְשָׁמָה (nᵉshâmâh) nesh-aw-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

breath

Strong's Definition

a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

Derivation: from H5395 (נָשַׁם);

KJV Usage: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.

TWOT Reference: 1433a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) breath, spirit

1a) breath (of God)

1b) breath (of man)

1c) every breathing thing

1d) spirit (of man)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2372 G4151 G4157

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) breath, spirit 1a) breath (of God) 1b) breath (of man) 1c) every breathing thing 1d) spirit (of man) Aramaic equivalent: nish.ma (נִשְׁמָא "breath" H5396)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְשָׁמָה neshâmâh BDB Definition: 1) breath, spirit 1a) breath (of God) 1b) breath (of man) 1c) every breathing thing 1d) spirit (of man) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5395 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1433a Total KJV Occurrences: 24

Bible Occurrences (24)

2:7 7:22

20:16

10:40 11:11 11:14

22:16

15:29 17:17

4:9 26:4 27:3 32:8 33:4 34:14 37:10

18:15 150:6

20:27

2:22 30:33 42:5 57:16

10:17

Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God formed man [from] the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 7:22

Of all that [was] on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Deuteronomy 20:16

However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua conquered the whole region— the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings— leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Joshua 11:11

[The Israelites] put everyone... in [Hazor]... to the sword, devoting [them] to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and [Joshua] burned down... Hazor itself.

Joshua 11:14

The Israelites... took for themselves... all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put... all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, [and] the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

1 Kings 15:29

As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam... anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,