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. Habakkuk 1:11 ר֛וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    Then shall he sweep by as a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, even he whose might is his god.

  2. Habakkuk 2:19 ר֖וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

  3. Haggai 1:14 רוּחַ֩ ru.aCh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

  4. Haggai 1:14 ר֙וּחַ֙ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

  5. Haggai 1:14 ר֔וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

  6. Haggai 2:5 וְרוּחִ֖י ve.ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.

  7. Zechariah 2:6 רוּח֧וֹת ru.Chot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

  8. Zechariah 4:6 בְּרוּחִ֔י be.ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  9. Zechariah 5:9 וְר֣וּחַ ve.Ru.ach · A person, place or thing

    Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.

  10. Zechariah 6:5 רֻח֣וֹת ru.Chot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

  11. Zechariah 6:8 רוּחִ֖י ru.Chi · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

  12. Zechariah 7:12 בְּרוּח֔וֹ be.ru.Cho · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.

  13. Zechariah 12:1 רֽוּחַ־ Ru.ach- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

  14. Zechariah 12:10 ר֤וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

  15. Zechariah 13:2 ר֥וּחַ Ru.ach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

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