Dictionary
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries
נֶפֶשׁ
Source transliteration
nephesh
SBL transliteration
nep̄eš
Readable transliteration
nefesh
Pronunciation
neh'-fesh
Rudi transliteration
NPSh
Definition
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Usage
any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
Strong numbers
H5315
Source entry ID
H5315
Source URL
https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs
Licence
Public Domain / CC BY-SA transcription
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries: H5315