Soul / Nephesh
Nephesh is a broad Hebrew term that can mean: • living being • life • person • self • throat • appetite It should not automatically be defined as an immortal, immaterial entity living inside the body.
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Appetite
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H2416, H5315
- Hebrew
- חַי · chay
Grafted biblical context
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Strong’s and original-language information
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
חַי
- Transliteration
- chay
- Pronunciation
- khah'-ee
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 497
Glosses
[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Lexicon definition
alive
hence, raw (flesh)
fresh (plant, water, year), strong
also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
hence, raw (flesh)
fresh (plant, water, year), strong
also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
נֶפֶשׁ
- Transliteration
- nephesh
- Pronunciation
- neh'-fesh
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 754
Glosses
any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
Lexicon definition
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
- Transliteration
- nephesh
- Pronunciation
- neh'-fesh
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 754
Glosses
soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, passion, any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
Lexicon definition
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Appetite
Indexed occurrences: 6
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
Strong's Concordance
Appetites
Indexed occurrences: 2
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references687 references
Genesis 39
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Exodus 15
Leviticus 48
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Numbers 44
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Deuteronomy 31
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Joshua 15
Judges 8
Ruth 1
1 Samuel 28
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2 Samuel 14
1 Kings 18
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 4
2 Chronicles 4
Esther 6
Job 34
Psalms 141
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Proverbs 54
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Ecclesiastes 7
Song of Solomon 7
Isaiah 32
Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 3:9Isaiah 3:20Isaiah 5:14Isaiah 10:18Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 19:10Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 26:9Isaiah 29:8Isaiah 32:6Isaiah 38:15Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 43:4Isaiah 44:20Isaiah 46:2Isaiah 47:14Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 51:23Isaiah 53:10Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:12Isaiah 55:2Isaiah 55:3Isaiah 56:11Isaiah 58:3Isaiah 58:5Isaiah 58:10Isaiah 58:11Isaiah 61:10Isaiah 66:3
Jeremiah 58
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Lamentations 12
Ezekiel 33
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Daniel 1
Hosea 2
Amos 3
Jonah 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 3
Haggai 1
Zechariah 1
Romans 1
1 Corinthians 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
APPETITE
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for APPETITE.
Indexed references: 2
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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