רוּחַ

ru.ach · spirit

Hebrew · Strong's H7307 · Noun · Sounds like: roo'-akh · 378 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • spirit H7307G 216
  • spirit: breath H7307H · a Meaning of 145
  • spirit: temper H7307J · a Meaning of 10
  • spirit: side H7307I · a Meaning of 7

Strong's dictionary

from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
רוּחַ 378 n.f. (less oft. m.) breath, wind, spirit
1. breath of mouth or nostrils (33 t.)
2. wind (117 t.)
3. spirit, as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation = temper, disposition (76 t.)
4. spirit of the living, breathing being
5. spirit as seat of emotion
6. occasionally (and late) = seat or organ of mental acts
7. rarely of the will
8. רוּחַ esp. of moral character
9. spirit of God (94 t.)

Every occurrence

  1. Joel 2:28 רוּחִי֙ ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

  2. Joel 2:29 רוּחִֽי׃ ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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