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. Malachi 2:15 ר֙וּחַ֙ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

  2. Malachi 2:15 בְּר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם be.Ru.cha.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

  3. Malachi 2:16 בְּרוּחֲכֶ֖ם be.ru.cha.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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