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ru.ach H7307

רוּחַ (ru.ach) means “spirit” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רוּחַ Hebrew · H7307 378 tagged occurrences in 348 verses

Pronunciation guide: roo'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7307G

רוּחַ · ru.ach · spirit

: spirit 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

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TBESH · H7307H

רוּחַ · ru.ach · spirit: breath

: breath/wind 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

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TBESH · H7307I

רוּחַ · ru.ach · spirit: side

: side 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

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TBESH · H7307J

רוּחַ · ru.ach · spirit: temper

: temper 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7306 (רוּחַ); wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

KJV glosses: air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

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How translators render H7307

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the spirit 46
spirit 28
wind 26
the wind 22
my spirit 17
a spirit 14
of the wind 14
then the spirit 13
and the spirit 11
breath 7
in spirit 7
the breath 7
winds 6
and my spirit 5
his spirit 5
side 4
and the breath 3
in your spirit 3
then a spirit 3
with the spirit 3
a wind 2
and a spirit 2
and wind 2
by his spirit 2
by the breath 2
by the wind 2
did the spirit 2
like the wind 2
mind 2
my breath 2
now the spirit 2
of my spirit 2
of the breath 2
of the spirits 2
sides 2
so the spirit 2
to the wind 2
whose spirit 2
your spirit 2
a feeling 1
a whirlwind 1
a windstorm 1
accompanied by his spirit 1
after the wind 1
air 1
although my spirit 1
and a wind 1
and a windstorm 1
and by the blast 1
and if a feeling 1
and life 1
and the inspired 1
and their spirits 1
and treat as wind 1
and your spirit 1
are you 1
as by the wind 1
as the spirit 1
as the wind 1
as well as the breath 1
at the blast 1
breeze 1
but his motives 1
but the spirit 1
but wind 1
by a spirit 1
by his breath 1
by my spirit 1
by the spirit 1
courage 1
for air 1
for the wind 1
from the wind 1
had made his spirit 1
his anger 1
his breath 1
his strength 1
his temper 1
his temper is greater 1
his winds 1
if a feeling 1
if the spirit 1
in the breeze 1
in the wind 1
in whose spirit 1
is but a breath 1
is the spirit 1
it 1
it took her breath 1
it took her breath away 1
its 1
my will 1
now a wind 1
o breath 1
of 1
of the spirit 1
of wind 1
of your spirit 1
on the sides 1
one 1
over the wind 1
person 1
sent a wind 1
spirit on you 1
spirits 1
temper 1
that arise in your minds 1
the spirits 1
the whirlwind 1
the winds 1
their anger 1
their breath 1
their own spirit 1
then the spirit of man 1
they brought 1
this raging 1
to escape your spirit 1
to my spirit 1
to your long-winded 1
vvv 1
when his spirit 1
will cause breath 1
with a spirit 1
with a wind 1
with empty 1
with the breath 1
with the wind 1
with your breath 1
your breath 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
spirit 36
the spirit 28
wind 28
and the spirit 24
the wind 22
my spirit 15
of spirit 12
his spirit 6
in spirit 5
of the spirit 5
winds 5
for the spirit 4
no breath 4
side 4
the breath 4
then the spirit 4
a spirit 3
a wind 3
and my spirit 3
breath 3
in the spirit 3
my breath 3
of my spirit 3
of the wind 3
a blast 2
and by the breath 2
and his spirit 2
and the wind 2
and wind 2
but the spirit 2
by the spirit 2
for the wind 2
him and the spirit 2
him with the spirit 2
into all the winds 2
into your mind 2
of the breath 2
of the spirits 2
so the spirit 2
spirits 2
them for the spirit 2
there was no more spirit 2
thy spirit 2
to the wind 2
to your spirit 2
afterwards the spirit 1
against them by thy spirit 1
all his mind 1
and behold a whirlwind 1
and by the spirit 1
and every one whom his spirit 1
and every spirit 1
and for a spirit 1
and his breath 1
and in whose spirit 1
and not spirit 1
and the breath 1
and whose spirit 1
and with the blast 1
and with the breath 1
any more courage 1
as it was and the spirit 1
as the wind 1
as wind 1
because the spirit 1
behold i will cause breath 1
but by my spirit 1
but not of my spirit 1
but the wind 1
by his spirit 1
by the wind 1
came the spirit 1
for the winds 1
forth thy spirit 1
from the wind 1
from the windy 1
from thee that the spirit 1
from thy spirit 1
him the spirit 1
his breath 1
if the spirit 1
in comparison of you then their anger 1
in his spirit 1
in me and the spirit 1
in the cool 1
in the wind 1
in thy spirit 1
into all winds 1
is the spirit 1
lest peradventure the spirit 1
like the wind 1
me and the breath 1
mind 1
moreover the spirit 1
neither was there spirit 1
not in the wind 1
o breath 1
of all that he had by the spirit 1
of mind 1
of them by the breath 1
of thy spirit 1
on a side 1
on wind 1
or if the spirit 1
or when the spirit 1
over his own spirit 1
over the spirit 1
over them the spirit 1
quarters 1
shall become wind 1
shall vain 1
sides 1
so my spirit 1
tempest 1
that his spirit 1
that no air 1
the spirits 1
the spiritual 1
thee but the wind 1
their breath 1
their own spirit 1
them and the wind 1
them he causeth his wind 1
them toward all those winds 1
then a spirit 1
therefore is my spirit 1
thereof by the spirit 1
toward all winds 1
toward every wind 1
until the spirit 1
unto him why is thy spirit 1
unto himself his spirit 1
unto the wind 1
unto them for the spirit 1
upon him the spirit 1
upon it and spirit 1
upon you the spirit 1
vain 1
when my spirit 1
when the blast 1
when the spirit 1
wherewith his spirit 1
which the wind 1
whither the spirit 1
whithersoever the spirit 1
whose spirit 1
why should not my spirit 1
with the spirit 1
with thy wind 1
yea with my spirit 1
your breath 1

Verses containing H7307

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  1. Genesis 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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  2. Genesis 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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  3. Genesis 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

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  4. Genesis 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

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  5. Genesis 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

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  6. Genesis 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  7. Genesis 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

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  8. Genesis 26:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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  9. Genesis 41:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

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  10. Genesis 41:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

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  11. Genesis 45:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

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  12. Exodus 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

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  13. Exodus 10:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

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  14. Exodus 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

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  15. Exodus 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

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  16. Exodus 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

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  17. Exodus 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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  18. Exodus 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.

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  19. Exodus 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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  20. Exodus 35:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

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  21. Exodus 35:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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  22. Numbers 5:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

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  23. Numbers 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

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  24. Numbers 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

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  25. Numbers 11:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

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  26. Numbers 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

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  27. Numbers 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”

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  28. Numbers 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

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  29. Numbers 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

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  30. Numbers 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

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  31. Numbers 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

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  32. Numbers 27:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

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  33. Numbers 27:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

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  34. Deuteronomy 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

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  35. Deuteronomy 34:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  36. Joshua 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

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  37. Joshua 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

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  38. Judges 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

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  39. Judges 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.

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  40. Judges 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

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  41. Judges 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

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  42. Judges 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

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  43. Judges 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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  44. Judges 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

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  45. Judges 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

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  46. Judges 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

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  47. Judges 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

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  48. 1 Samuel 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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  49. 1 Samuel 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

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  50. 1 Samuel 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

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