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. Ezekiel 43:5 ר֔וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

  2. Daniel 2:1 רוּח֔וֹ ru.Cho · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

  3. Daniel 2:3 רוּחִ֔י ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

  4. Daniel 8:8 רוּח֥וֹת ru.Chot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven.

  5. Daniel 11:4 רוּח֣וֹת ru.Chot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.

  6. Hosea 4:12 ר֤וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

  7. Hosea 4:19 ר֛וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

  8. Hosea 5:4 ר֤וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

  9. Hosea 8:7 ר֥וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

  10. Hosea 9:7 הָר֔וּחַ ha.Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

  11. Hosea 12:1 ר֙וּחַ֙ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  12. Hosea 13:15 ר֨וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.

  13. 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:

  14. 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.

  15. Amos 4:13 ר֗וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

  16. Jonah 1:4 רֽוּחַ־ Ru.ach- · A person, place or thing

    But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

  17. Jonah 4:8 ר֤וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

  18. Micah 2:7 ר֣וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

  19. Micah 2:11 ר֙וּחַ֙ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  20. Micah 3:8 ר֣וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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