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Strong's numbers

רוּחַ H7307

rûwach

roo'-akh

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).

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.)

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

348 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 18:15
    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
  • Psalms 18:42
    Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
  • Psalms 31:5
    Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • Psalms 32:2
    Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
  • Psalms 33:6
    By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Psalms 34:18
    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
  • Psalms 35:5
    Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
  • Psalms 48:7
    Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
  • Psalms 51:10
    Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Psalms 51:11
    Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.