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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. 1 Samuel 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.

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  2. 1 Samuel 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

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  3. 1 Samuel 16:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.

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  4. 1 Samuel 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.

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  5. 1 Samuel 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

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  6. 1 Samuel 16:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

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  7. 1 Samuel 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

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  8. 1 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

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  9. 1 Samuel 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

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  10. 1 Samuel 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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  11. 1 Samuel 30:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

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  12. 2 Samuel 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

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  13. 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.

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  14. 2 Samuel 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

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  15. 1 Kings 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

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  16. 1 Kings 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

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  17. 1 Kings 18:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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  18. 1 Kings 19:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

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  19. 1 Kings 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

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  20. 1 Kings 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

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  21. 1 Kings 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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    Source alternate reference: 22.21

  22. 1 Kings 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

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  23. 1 Kings 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

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  24. 2 Kings 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

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  25. 2 Kings 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

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  26. 2 Kings 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.

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  27. 2 Kings 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’

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  28. 2 Kings 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

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  29. 1 Chronicles 5:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

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  30. 1 Chronicles 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

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  31. 1 Chronicles 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.19

  32. 1 Chronicles 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

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  33. 2 Chronicles 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

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  34. 2 Chronicles 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

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  35. 2 Chronicles 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

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  36. 2 Chronicles 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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  37. 2 Chronicles 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

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  38. 2 Chronicles 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

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  39. 2 Chronicles 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.

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  40. 2 Chronicles 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

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  41. 2 Chronicles 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

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  42. 2 Chronicles 36:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

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  43. Ezra 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

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  44. Ezra 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

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  45. Nehemiah 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

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  46. Nehemiah 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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  47. Job 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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  48. Job 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

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  49. Job 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

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  50. Job 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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