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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.

  • Micah 2:7
    O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
  • Micah 2:11
    If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  • Micah 3:8
    But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
  • Habakkuk 1:11
    Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
  • Habakkuk 2:19
    Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
  • Haggai 1:14
    And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
  • Haggai 2:5
    According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
  • Zechariah 2:6
    Ho, 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 4:6
    Then 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 5:9
    Then 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.