Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
spirit
Usage: 1) spirit, wind 1a) wind 1b) spirit 1b1) of man 1b2) seat of the mind
Ruach means “spirit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7308 רוַּח (ruwach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. mind, spirit, wind [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7307] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include spirit, wind, mind, and winds. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. mind, spirit, wind [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7307] Root(s): H7307
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spirit
Usage: 1) spirit, wind 1a) wind 1b) spirit 1b1) of man 1b2) seat of the mind
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.
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.
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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7308.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7308, grouped by book.
Ruach (Strong's H7308) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "spirit". ruwach (roo'-akh) n-f. 1. mind, spirit, wind [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7307]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H7308 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7308 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as spirit, wind, mind, and winds. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.