Strong's Number H5315

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

Transliteration:

nephesh{neh'-fesh}

Word Origin:

from 5314

TWOT:

1395a

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's 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 in the KJV:

soul 473, life 100, person 29, mind 15, heart 14, creature 9, body 8, himself 9, yourselves 6, dead 5, will 4, desire 4, man 3, themselves 3, any 3, appetite 2, misc 47

Total: 753
Occurs 754 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
2. living being
3. living being (with life in the blood)
4. the man himself, self, person or individual
5. seat of the appetites
6. seat of emotions and passions
7. activity of mind
  1. dubious
8. activity of the will
  1. dubious
9. activity of the character
  1. dubious