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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. Ezekiel 37:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

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  2. Ezekiel 37:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

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  3. Ezekiel 37:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  4. Ezekiel 37:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

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  5. Ezekiel 37:9 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

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  6. Ezekiel 37:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

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  7. Ezekiel 37:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

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  8. Ezekiel 39:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  9. Ezekiel 42:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

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  10. Ezekiel 42:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

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  11. Ezekiel 42:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

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  12. Ezekiel 42:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.

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  13. Ezekiel 42:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

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  14. Ezekiel 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

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  15. Daniel 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

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  16. Daniel 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

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  17. Daniel 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

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  18. Daniel 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

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  19. Hosea 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

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  20. Hosea 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

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  21. Hosea 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

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  22. Hosea 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

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  23. Hosea 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

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  24. Hosea 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.2

  25. Hosea 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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  26. Joel 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.1

  27. Joel 2:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.2

  28. Amos 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

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  29. Jonah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

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  30. Jonah 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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  31. Micah 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

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  32. Micah 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

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  33. Micah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

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  34. Habakkuk 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

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  35. Habakkuk 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

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  36. Haggai 1:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

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  37. Haggai 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”

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  38. Zechariah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.10

  39. Zechariah 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

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  40. Zechariah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

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  41. Zechariah 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

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  42. Zechariah 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

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  43. Zechariah 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

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  44. Zechariah 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

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  45. Zechariah 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  46. Zechariah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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  47. Malachi 2:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

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  48. Malachi 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

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