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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. Job 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

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  2. Job 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

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  3. Job 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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  4. Job 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.

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  5. Job 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

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  6. Job 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

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  7. Job 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

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  8. Job 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

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  9. Job 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

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  10. Job 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

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  11. Job 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

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  12. Job 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

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  13. Job 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

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  14. Job 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

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  15. Job 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

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  16. Job 21:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

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  17. Job 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

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  18. Job 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

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  19. Job 28:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

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  20. Job 30:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

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  21. Job 30:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

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  22. Job 32:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

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  23. Job 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

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  24. Job 33:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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  25. Job 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

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  26. Job 37:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

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  27. Job 41:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

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    Source alternate reference: 41.8

  28. Psalms 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

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  29. Psalms 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

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  30. Psalms 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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    Source alternate reference: 18.11

  31. 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.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.16

  32. Psalms 18:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.43

  33. Psalms 31:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

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    Source alternate reference: 31.6

  34. Psalms 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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  35. Psalms 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

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  36. Psalms 34:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

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    Source alternate reference: 34.19

  37. Psalms 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

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  38. Psalms 48:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

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    Source alternate reference: 48.8

  39. Psalms 51:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.12

  40. Psalms 51:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.13

  41. Psalms 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.14

  42. Psalms 51:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.19

  43. Psalms 55:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

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    Source alternate reference: 55.9

  44. Psalms 76:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

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    Source alternate reference: 76.13

  45. Psalms 77:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 77.4

  46. Psalms 77:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

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    Source alternate reference: 77.7

  47. Psalms 78:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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  48. Psalms 78:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

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  49. Psalms 83:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

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    Source alternate reference: 83.14

  50. Psalms 103:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.

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