Hebrew - English Dictionary
H5315 - Life
| Strong's No.: | H5315 | 
| Hebrew: | נֶפֶשׁ | 
| Transliteration: | nephesh | 
| Phonetic: | neh'-fesh | 
| Word Origin: | From H5314 | 
| Bible Usage: | {any} {appetite} {beast} {body} {breath} {creature} X-(idiom) dead ({-ly}) {desire} X-(idiom) [dis-] {contented} X-(idiom) {fish} {ghost} + {greedy} {he} heart ({-y}) ({hath} X-(idiom) jeopardy of) life (X in {jeopardy}) {lust} {man} {me} {mind} {mortality} {one} {own} {person} {pleasure} ({her-} {him-} {my-} thy-) {self} them (your) {-selves} + {slay} {soul} + {tablet} {they} {thing} (X she) {will} X-(idiom) would have it. | 
| Part of Speech: | Noun Feminine | 
| Strongs Definition:  | properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)  | 
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition:  | 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. dubious h. activity of the will 1. dubious i. activity of the character 1. dubious  | 
| Bible References:
                                     Life  | 
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| Translation Occurrences:  | 
                                
                                         
                                            any ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            appetite ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            beast ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            body ( 8 )
                                         
                                        
                                            breath ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            creature ( 9 )
                                         
                                        
                                            dead ( 5 )
                                         
                                        
                                            deadly ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            desire ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            fish ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            ghost ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            he ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            heart ( 13 )
                                         
                                        
                                            hearts ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            herself ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            him ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            himself ( 8 )
                                         
                                        
                                            it ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            life ( 102 )
                                         
                                        
                                            lives ( 18 )
                                         
                                        
                                            lust ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            man ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            me ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            men ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            mind ( 11 )
                                         
                                        
                                            minds ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            mortally ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            myself ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            one ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            own ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            person ( 14 )
                                         
                                        
                                            persons ( 16 )
                                         
                                        
                                            pleasure ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            soul ( 409 )
                                         
                                        
                                            souls ( 54 )
                                         
                                        
                                            themselves ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            They ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            thing ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            thyself ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            will ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            yourselves ( 5 )
                                         
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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.