Spirit
רוּחַStrong’s H7308ruach (ru-ach)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ruach is the Aramaic word usually translated “spirit of”, “spirit” and “wind the”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Meaning
- Spirit, windwind · spirit
How it's translated
- a spirit of 5
- a spirit 2
- wind the 1
- and spirit his 1
- winds of 1
- spirit my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 11
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:8In contextBut at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
- Daniel 4:9In contextO Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 4:18In contextThis dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
- Daniel 5:11In contextThere is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
- Daniel 5:12In contextForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:14In contextI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Aramaic dictionary
רוּחַ ruach · spirit
1) spirit, wind 1a) wind 1b) spirit 1b1) of man 1b2) seat of the mind
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.