Hebrew word

nephesh

neh'-fesh

נֶפֶשׁ

What it means

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of vitality

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Where it comes from

from nâphash (נָפַשׁ)

How the King James translates it

soul354
life86
souls52
lives16
person14
heart13
persons12
mind10

Every place it appears 639

Genesis1:20 1:21 1:24 2:19 9:4 9:5 9:10 9:12 9:15 9:16 12:5 12:13 14:21 17:14 19:17 19:19 19:20 23:8 27:4 27:19 27:25 27:31 32:30 34:3 34:8 35:18 36:6 42:21 44:30 46:15 46:22 46:25 46:26 46:27 49:6

Exodus1:5 12:4 12:15 12:16 12:19 15:9 16:16 21:23 21:30 23:9 30:12 31:14

Leviticus2:1 4:2 4:27 5:1 5:2 5:4 5:15 5:17 6:2 7:18 7:20 7:21 7:25 7:27 11:10 11:43 11:44 11:46 16:29 16:31 17:10 17:11 17:12 17:14 17:15 18:29 19:8 19:28 20:6 20:25 21:1 21:11 22:3 22:4 22:6 22:11 23:27 23:29 23:30 23:32 24:17 24:18 26:11 26:15 26:16 26:30 26:43 27:2

Numbers5:6 6:11 9:6 9:7 9:10 9:13 11:6 15:27 15:28 15:30 15:31 16:38 19:11 19:13 19:18 19:20 19:22 21:4 21:5 29:7 30:2 30:4 30:5 30:7 30:8 30:9 30:10 30:11 30:12 30:13 31:19 31:28 31:35 31:46 31:50 35:11 35:15 35:30 35:31

Deuteronomy4:9 4:15 6:5 10:22 11:18 12:15 12:20 12:21 12:23 13:6 14:26 18:6 19:6 19:11 19:21 21:14 23:24 24:6 24:7 24:15 27:25 30:6

Joshua2:13 2:14 9:24 10:28 10:30 10:32 10:35 10:37 10:39 11:11 20:3 20:9 23:11 23:14

Judges5:18 5:21 9:17 10:16 12:3 16:16 18:25

Ruth4:15

1 Samuel1:10 1:15 1:26 2:16 2:33 2:35 17:55 18:1 18:3 19:5 19:11 20:1 20:3 20:4 20:17 22:22 22:23 23:15 23:20 24:11 25:26 25:29 26:21 26:24 28:9 28:21 30:6

2 Samuel1:9 3:21 4:8 4:9 5:8 11:11 14:7 14:14 14:19 16:11 17:8 18:13 19:5 23:17

1 Kings1:12 1:29 2:4 2:23 3:11 8:48 11:37 17:21 17:22 19:2 19:3 19:4 19:10 19:14 20:31 20:39 20:42

2 Kings1:13 1:14 2:2 2:4 2:6 4:27 4:30 7:7 9:15 10:24 12:4 23:3 23:25

1 Chronicles11:19 22:19 28:9

2 Chronicles1:11 6:38 15:12 34:31

Esther4:13 7:3 7:7 8:11 9:16 9:31

Job6:7 7:15 9:21 10:1 12:10 13:14 14:22 16:4 18:4 19:2 21:25 23:13 24:12 30:16 30:25 32:2 33:18 33:20 33:22 33:28 33:30 36:14 41:21

Proverbs1:19 3:22 6:30 8:36 10:3 11:17 11:25 11:30 12:10 13:2 13:3 13:4 13:8 13:19 13:25 14:10 14:25 15:32 16:24 16:26 19:2 19:8 19:15 19:16 19:18 21:10 21:23 22:5 22:23 23:7 23:14 24:12 24:14 25:13 25:25 27:7 27:9 28:17 28:25 29:24

Ecclesiastes2:24 4:8 6:2 6:3 6:7 6:9 7:28

Song of Solomon1:7 3:1 3:2 3:3 3:4 5:6 6:12

Isaiah1:14 3:9 3:20 5:14 10:18 15:4 26:8 26:9 29:8 32:6 38:17 42:1 44:20 46:2 47:14 49:7 51:23 53:10 53:11 53:12 55:2 55:3 58:3 58:5 58:10 58:11 61:10 66:3

Jeremiah2:34 3:11 4:19 4:31 5:9 5:29 6:8 6:16 9:9 11:21 12:7 13:17 14:19 15:1 15:9 17:21 18:20 19:7 19:9 20:13 21:7 21:9 22:25 31:12 31:14 31:25 34:16 34:20 34:21 37:9 38:2 38:16 38:17 38:20 39:18 42:20 43:6 44:7 44:14 44:30 45:5 46:26 48:6 49:37 50:19 51:6 51:14 51:45 52:30

Lamentations1:11 1:16 2:12 2:19 3:17 3:20 3:24 3:25 3:51 3:58 5:9

Ezekiel4:14 7:19 13:18 13:19 13:20 14:14 14:20 16:5 16:27 18:4 18:20 18:27 22:25 22:27 23:17 23:18 23:22 23:28 24:21 24:25 25:6 25:15 27:13 27:31 32:10 33:6 36:5 47:9

Hosea4:8 9:4

Amos6:8

Jonah1:14 2:5 2:7 4:3 4:8

Micah7:1 7:3

Habakkuk2:4 2:5

Haggai2:13

Zechariah11:8