TBESH · H5397
נְשָׁמָה · ne.sha.mah · breath
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)
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ne.sha.mah H5397
נְשָׁמָה (ne.sha.mah) means “breath” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
נְשָׁמָה Hebrew · H5397 24 tagged occurrences in 24 verses
Pronunciation guide: nesh-aw-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H5395 (נָשַׁם); a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV glosses: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
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How translators render H5397
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the breath | 4 |
| at the blast | 2 |
| breath | 2 |
| by the breath | 2 |
| that breathed | 2 |
| who breathed | 2 |
| and breath | 1 |
| and the breath | 1 |
| has only the breath | 1 |
| is any breath | 1 |
| my breath | 1 |
| spirit | 1 |
| that breathes | 1 |
| that has breath | 1 |
| the breath of life | 1 |
| the spirit | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the breath | 3 |
| at the blast | 2 |
| all that breathed | 1 |
| and his breath | 1 |
| and the inspiration | 1 |
| and whose spirit | 1 |
| any that breathed | 1 |
| breath | 1 |
| by the blast | 1 |
| by the breath | 1 |
| in me neither is there breath | 1 |
| let every thing that hath breath | 1 |
| me and the breath | 1 |
| me and the souls | 1 |
| my breath | 1 |
| nothing that breatheth | 1 |
| that there was no breath | 1 |
| the spirit | 1 |
| they any to breathe | 1 |
| to breathe | 1 |
| whose breath | 1 |
Verses containing H5397
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- Genesis 2:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 7:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Joshua 11:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
Read word by word - Joshua 11:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 15:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - 1 Kings 17:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
Read word by word - Job 4:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Read word by word - Job 26:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
Read word by word - Job 27:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Read word by word - Job 32:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Read word by word - Job 33:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Read word by word - Job 34:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
Read word by word - Job 37:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Read word by word - Psalms 18:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.16
- Psalms 150:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Read word by word - Proverbs 20:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
Read word by word - Isaiah 2:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
Read word by word - Isaiah 42:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Read word by word - Isaiah 57:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
Read word by word - Daniel 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”
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