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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Psalms 104:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
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Psalms 104:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
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Psalms 104:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
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Psalms 104:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
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Psalms 106:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
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Psalms 107:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
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Psalms 135:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
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Psalms 135:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
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Psalms 139:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
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Psalms 142:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
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Source alternate reference: 142.4
Psalms 143:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
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Psalms 143:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
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Psalms 143:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
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Psalms 146:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
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Psalms 147:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
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Psalms 148:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
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Proverbs 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
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Proverbs 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
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Proverbs 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
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Proverbs 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
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Proverbs 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
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Proverbs 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
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Proverbs 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
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Proverbs 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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Proverbs 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Proverbs 16:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
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Proverbs 17:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
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Proverbs 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
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Proverbs 18:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
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Proverbs 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
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Proverbs 25:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
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Proverbs 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
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Proverbs 27:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
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Proverbs 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
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Proverbs 29:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
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Proverbs 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
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Ecclesiastes 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 3:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
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