נֶ֫פֶשׁ
ne.phesh
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. uncertain
h. activity of the will
1. uncertain
i. activity of the character
1. uncertain
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 683 verses
- Ruth 4:15 נֶ֔פֶשׁ
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
- 1 Samuel 1:10 נָ֑פֶשׁ
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
- 1 Samuel 1:15 נַפְשִׁ֖י
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:26 נַפְשְׁךָ֖
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 2:16 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
- 1 Samuel 2:33 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
- 1 Samuel 2:35 וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י
Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 נַפְשְׁךָ֥
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- 1 Samuel 18:1 וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁכְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 18:3 כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 נַפְשׁ֨וֹ
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- 1 Samuel 19:11 נַפְשְׁךָ֙
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 1 Samuel 20:1 נַפְשִֽׁי׃
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
- 1 Samuel 20:3 נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- 1 Samuel 20:4 נַפְשְׁךָ֖
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
- 1 Samuel 20:17 נַפְשׁ֖וֹ
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
- 1 Samuel 22:2 נֶ֔פֶשׁ
And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
- 1 Samuel 22:22 נֶ֖פֶשׁ
Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 22:23 נַפְשִׁ֖ינַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
- 1 Samuel 23:15 נַפְשׁ֑וֹ
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
- 1 Samuel 23:20 נַפְשְׁךָ֥
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
- 1 Samuel 24:11 נַפְשִׁ֖י
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- 1 Samuel 25:26 נַפְשְׁךָ֙
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:29 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָנֶ֨פֶשׁנֶ֤פֶשׁ
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 נַפְשִׁ֛י
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
- 1 Samuel 26:24 נַפְשְׁךָ֛נַפְשִׁי֙
As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
- 1 Samuel 28:9 בְּנַפְשִׁ֖י
But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
- 1 Samuel 28:21 נַפְשִׁי֙
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
- 1 Samuel 30:6 נֶ֣פֶשׁ
And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- 2 Samuel 1:9 נַפְשִׁ֖י
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
- 2 Samuel 3:21 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 4:8 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
- 2 Samuel 4:9 נַפְשִׁ֖י
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- 2 Samuel 5:8 נֶ֣פֶשׁ
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
- 2 Samuel 11:11 נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
- 2 Samuel 14:7 בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
- 2 Samuel 14:14 נֶ֔פֶשׁ
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 נַפְשְׁךָ֩
So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
- 2 Samuel 16:11 נַפְשִׁ֑י
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
- 2 Samuel 17:8 נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
- 2 Samuel 18:13 בְנַפְשׁוֹ
If I had jeopardized my own life —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
- 2 Samuel 19:5 נַפְשְׁךָ֙נֶ֤פֶשׁוְנֶ֣פֶשׁוְנֶ֖פֶשׁ
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
- 2 Samuel 23:17 בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם
saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
- 1 Kings 1:12 נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:29 נַפְשִׁ֖י
And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- 1 Kings 2:4 נַפְשָׁ֑ם
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 2:23 בְנַפְשׁ֔וֹ
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
- 1 Kings 3:11 נֶ֣פֶשׁ
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
- 1 Kings 8:48 נַפְשָׁ֔ם
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
- 1 Kings 11:37 נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.