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Strong's H5315 נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)

Nephesh means “soul” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5315 — phago (“eat”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5315
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 683
Books 31

Strong's H5315 Quick Answer

Strong's H5315 נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) It has 683 linked Bible usages across 31 books. Visible English usage signals include creature, life, my, into, and lives. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Usage
683 linked usages
Books
31 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
creature, life, my, into, and lives

Meaning and Definition

nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2.

used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314

Original Word
נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration
nephesh
Derivation
Root: נפשׁ First root strongs: 5314
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5315. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

soul

Usage: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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How Strong's H5315 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nephesh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

creature Genesis 1:20 life Genesis 1:30 my Genesis 12:13 into Genesis 2:7 lives Genesis 9:5 persons Genesis 14:21 were Genesis 46:27 your Genesis 23:8

How Strong's H5315 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 683 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5315 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5315 in the Old Testament

683 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:20 KJV

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Genesis 1:21 KJV

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24 KJV

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5315.

Genesis 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Genesis 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Genesis 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Genesis 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Genesis 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Genesis 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Genesis 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Genesis 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis 27:4 Old Testament, KJV
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Genesis 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
Genesis 27:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 34:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 34:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Genesis 35:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Genesis 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis 42:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Genesis 44:30 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Genesis 46:15 Old Testament, KJV
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Genesis 46:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:22 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
Genesis 46:25 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
Genesis 46:26 Old Testament, KJV
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Genesis 46:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Genesis 49:6 Old Testament, KJV
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Exodus 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Exodus 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Exodus 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Exodus 12:19 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Exodus 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Exodus 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
Exodus 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Exodus 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exodus 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Exodus 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exodus 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exodus 31:14 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Leviticus 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Leviticus 4:27 Old Testament, KJV
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Leviticus 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Leviticus 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
Leviticus 5:17 Old Testament, KJV
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
Leviticus 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:21 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:27 Old Testament, KJV
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus 11:43 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Leviticus 11:44 Old Testament, KJV
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:46 Old Testament, KJV
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Leviticus 16:29 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus 16:31 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Leviticus 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
Leviticus 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 18:29 Old Testament, KJV
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Leviticus 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 19:28 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
Leviticus 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Leviticus 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Leviticus 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
Leviticus 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
Leviticus 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:29 Old Testament, KJV
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Leviticus 23:32 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Leviticus 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26:30 Old Testament, KJV
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Leviticus 26:43 Old Testament, KJV
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Leviticus 27:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
Numbers 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Numbers 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
Numbers 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
Numbers 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
Numbers 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Numbers 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
Numbers 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
Numbers 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Numbers 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Numbers 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Numbers 15:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
Numbers 15:30 Old Testament, KJV
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Numbers 15:31 Old Testament, KJV
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
Numbers 16:38 Old Testament, KJV
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Numbers 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Numbers 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5315, grouped by book.

Genesis 39 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 15 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 48 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 44 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 31 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 15 usages, Old Testament
Judges 8 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 28 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 14 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 18 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 13 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Esther 6 usages, Old Testament
Job 33 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 141 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3:2 Psalms 6:3 Psalms 6:4 Psalms 7:2 Psalms 7:5 Psalms 10:3 Psalms 11:1 Psalms 11:5 Psalms 13:2 Psalms 16:10 Psalms 17:9 Psalms 17:13 Psalms 19:7 Psalms 22:20 Psalms 22:29 Psalms 23:3 Psalms 24:4 Psalms 25:1 Psalms 25:13 Psalms 25:20 Psalms 26:9 Psalms 27:12 Psalms 30:3 Psalms 31:7 Psalms 31:9 Psalms 31:13 Psalms 33:19 Psalms 33:20 Psalms 34:2 Psalms 34:22 Psalms 35:3 Psalms 35:4 Psalms 35:7 Psalms 35:9 Psalms 35:12 Psalms 35:13 Psalms 35:17 Psalms 35:25 Psalms 38:12 Psalms 40:14 Psalms 41:2 Psalms 41:4 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 42:2 Psalms 42:4 Psalms 42:5 Psalms 42:6 Psalms 42:11 Psalms 43:5 Psalms 44:25 Psalms 49:8 Psalms 49:15 Psalms 49:18 Psalms 54:3 Psalms 54:4 Psalms 55:18 Psalms 56:6 Psalms 56:13 Psalms 57:1 Psalms 57:4 Psalms 57:6 Psalms 59:3 Psalms 62:1 Psalms 62:5 Psalms 63:1 Psalms 63:5 Psalms 63:8 Psalms 63:9 Psalms 66:9 Psalms 66:16 Psalms 69:1 Psalms 69:10 Psalms 69:18 Psalms 70:2 Psalms 71:10 Psalms 71:13 Psalms 71:23 Psalms 72:13 Psalms 72:14 Psalms 74:19 Psalms 77:2 Psalms 78:18 Psalms 78:50 Psalms 84:2 Psalms 86:2 Psalms 86:4 Psalms 86:13 Psalms 86:14 Psalms 88:3 Psalms 88:14 Psalms 89:48 Psalms 94:17 Psalms 94:19 Psalms 94:21 Psalms 97:10 Psalms 103:1 Psalms 103:2 Psalms 103:22 Psalms 104:1 Psalms 104:35 Psalms 105:18 Psalms 105:22 Psalms 106:15 Psalms 107:5 Psalms 107:9 Psalms 107:18 Psalms 107:26 Psalms 109:20 Psalms 109:31 Psalms 116:4 Psalms 116:7 Psalms 116:8 Psalms 119:20 Psalms 119:25 Psalms 119:28 Psalms 119:81 Psalms 119:109 Psalms 119:129 Psalms 119:167 Psalms 119:175 Psalms 120:2 Psalms 120:6 Psalms 121:7 Psalms 123:4 Psalms 124:4 Psalms 124:5 Psalms 124:7 Psalms 130:5 Psalms 130:6 Psalms 131:2 Psalms 138:3 Psalms 139:14 Psalms 141:8 Psalms 142:4 Psalms 142:7 Psalms 143:3 Psalms 143:6 Psalms 143:8 Psalms 143:11 Psalms 143:12 Psalms 146:1
Proverbs 54 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 7 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 7 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 32 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 58 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 12 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 33 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 5 usages, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 3 usages, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5315 FAQ

What does nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ) mean?

Nephesh (Strong's H5315) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "soul". nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

How many times is nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 683 linked usages for Strong's H5315 across 31 books.

Where can I study nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5315 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as creature, life, my, into, lives, and persons. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.