Spirit
רוּחַStrong’s H7307ruach (ru-ach)
Appears in 348 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ruach is the Hebrew word usually translated “spirit of”, “wind” and “spirit my”. It appears in 348 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”
Meaning
- Wind, breath, mind, spiritbreath · wind · spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) · spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
How it's translated
- spirit of 56
- wind 35
- spirit my 27
- spirit 25
- a wind 23
- a spirit of 22
- a spirit 15
- spirit his 11
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 46
- Ezekiel 44
- Psalms 39
- Job 31
- Proverbs 20
- Ecclesiastes 20
32 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:3In contextAnd the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
- Daniel 8:8In contextTherefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
- Daniel 11:4In contextAnd when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
- Zechariah 2:6In contextHo, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 4:6In contextThen he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Zechariah 5:9In contextThen lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
All 348 verses, by book
- Job 31
- 1:194:94:156:46:267:77:118:29:1810:1212:1015:215:1315:3016:317:119:1720:321:421:1826:1327:328:2530:1530:2232:832:1833:434:1437:2141:16
- Psalms 39
- 1:411:618:1018:1518:4231:532:233:634:1835:548:751:1051:1151:1251:1755:876:1277:377:678:878:3983:13103:16104:3104:4104:29104:30106:33107:25135:7135:17139:7142:3143:4143:7143:10146:4147:18148:8
- Proverbs 20
- 1:2311:1311:2914:2915:415:1316:216:1816:1916:3217:2217:2718:1425:1425:2325:2827:1629:1129:2330:4
- Isaiah 46
- 4:47:211:211:411:1517:1319:319:1425:426:926:1827:828:629:1029:2430:130:2831:332:232:1533:1134:1637:738:1640:740:1341:1641:2942:142:544:348:1654:657:1357:1557:1659:1959:2161:161:363:1063:1163:1464:665:1466:2
- Lamentations 1
- 4:20
- Ezekiel 44
- 1:41:121:201:212:23:123:143:245:25:105:128:310:1711:111:511:1911:2412:1413:313:1113:1317:1017:2118:3119:1220:3221:727:2636:2636:2737:137:537:637:837:937:1037:1439:2942:1642:1742:1842:1942:2043:5
- Amos 1
- 4:13
Hebrew dictionary
רוּחַ ruach · spirit
: spirit 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spirit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPIR'IT, noun
[Latin spiritus, from spiro, to breathe, to blow. The primary sense is to rush or drive.]
- Primarily, wind; air in motion; hence, breath.
- Animal excitement, or the effect of it; life; ardor; fire; courage; elevation or vehemence of mind.
- Vigor of intellect; genius.
- Temper; disposition of mind, habitual or temporary; as a man of a generous spirit or of a revengeful spirit; the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit Let us go to the house of God in the spirit of prayer.
All definitions and other forms of “spirit”
- The soul of man; the intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of human beings. [See Soul.] the spirit shall return to God that gave it.
- An immaterial intelligent substance. spirit is a substance in which thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving do subsist.
- An immaterial intelligent being. John 4:23
- Turn of mind; temper; occasions; state of the mind.
- Powers of mind distinct from the body.
- Sentiment; perception.
- Eager desire; disposition of mind excited and directed to a particular object.
- A person of activity; a man of life, vigor or enterprise.
- Persons distinguished by qualities of the mind.
- Excitement of mind; animation; cheerfulness; usually in the plural.
- Life or strength of resemblance; essential qualities; as, to set off the face in its true spirit The copy has not the spirit of the original.
- Something eminently pure and refined.
- That which hath power or energy; the quality of any substance which manifest life, activity, or the power of strongly affecting other bodies; as the spirit of wine or of any liquor.
- A strong, pungent or stimulation liquor, usually obtained by distillation, as rum, brandy, gin, whiskey.
- An apparition; a ghost.
- The renewed nature of man. Matthew 26:41Galatians 5:5
- The influences of the Holy spirit Matthew 22:43
SPIRIT, verb transitive
- To animate; to actuate; as a spirit
- To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; as, civil dissensions spirit the ambition of private man.
- To kidnap.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.