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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.

  • Ezekiel 42:18
    He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
  • Ezekiel 42:19
    He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
  • Ezekiel 42:20
    He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
  • Ezekiel 43:5
    So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
  • Daniel 2:1
    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
  • Daniel 2:3
    And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
  • Daniel 8:8
    Therefore 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 11:4
    And 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.
  • Hosea 4:12
    My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
  • Hosea 4:19
    The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.