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Strong's H7307 רוּחַ (ruach)

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

Strong's Number H7307
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 347
Books 32

Strong's H7307 Quick Answer

Strong's H7307 רוַּח (ruwach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. wind 2. by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation It has 347 linked Bible usages across 32 books. Visible English usage signals include wind, breath, spirit, anger, and even. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. wind 2. by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation
Usage
347 linked usages
Books
32 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
wind, breath, spirit, anger, and even

Meaning and Definition

ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. wind 2. by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation 3. (figuratively) life, anger, unsubstantiality 4. by extension, a region of the sky 5. by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) [from H7306] KJV: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y). Root(s): H7306

Original Word
רוַּח
Transliteration
ruwach
Derivation
Root: רוח First root strongs: 7306
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7307. 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)

spirit

Usage: : 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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How Strong's H7307 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ruwach, 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.

wind Genesis 8:1 17× breath Genesis 6:17 11× Spirit Genesis 1:2 anger Judges 8:3 even 1 Chronicles 5:26 life Job 10:12 winds Job 28:25

How Strong's H7307 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 347 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7307 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 H7307 in the Old Testament

347 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:2 KJV

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 3:8 KJV

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 6:3 KJV

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7307.

Genesis 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Genesis 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Genesis 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
Genesis 26:35 Old Testament, KJV
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:38 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Genesis 45:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Exodus 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Exodus 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Exodus 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Exodus 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exodus 15:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Exodus 28:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Exodus 35:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Exodus 35:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Numbers 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Numbers 5:30 Old Testament, KJV
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
Numbers 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Numbers 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
Numbers 11:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Numbers 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Numbers 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Numbers 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Numbers 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers 27:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
Deuteronomy 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Deuteronomy 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Joshua 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Joshua 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Judges 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
Judges 6:34 Old Testament, KJV
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
Judges 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Judges 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Judges 11:29 Old Testament, KJV
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Judges 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Judges 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
Judges 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Judges 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
1 Samuel 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
1 Samuel 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
1 Samuel 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
1 Samuel 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
1 Samuel 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
1 Samuel 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
1 Samuel 16:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
1 Samuel 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Samuel 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
2 Samuel 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Samuel 22:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2 Samuel 23:2 Old Testament, KJV
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
1 Kings 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
1 Kings 18:45 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1 Kings 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
1 Kings 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1 Kings 22:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
1 Kings 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
1 Kings 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
2 Kings 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
2 Kings 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2 Kings 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
2 Kings 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2 Kings 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
1 Chronicles 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
1 Chronicles 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
1 Chronicles 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
2 Chronicles 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 15:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 Chronicles 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
2 Chronicles 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
2 Chronicles 18:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
2 Chronicles 18:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
2 Chronicles 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
2 Chronicles 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chronicles 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 36:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah 9:30 Old Testament, KJV
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Job 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Job 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Job 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Job 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Job 15:30 Old Testament, KJV
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
Job 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Job 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Job 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Job 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Job 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7307, grouped by book.

Genesis 11 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 10 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 12 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 14 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 10 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 31 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 39 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 19 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 20 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 46 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 17 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 44 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 7 usages, Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Haggai 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 9 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7307 FAQ

What does ruach (רוּחַ) mean?

Ruach (Strong's H7307) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "spirit". ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. wind 2. by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation

How many times is ruach (רוּחַ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 347 linked usages for Strong's H7307 across 32 books.

Where can I study ruach (רוּחַ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7307 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ruach (רוּחַ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wind, breath, spirit, anger, even, and life. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.