Strong's Hebrew #5397 - נְשָׁמָה neshamah (breath)

blast, that breaths, inspiration, soul, spirit

From nasham; a puff, i.e. Wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. Or (concretely) an animal -- blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.

see HEBREW nasham

1) breath, spirit
1a) breath (of God)
1b) breath (of man)
1c) every breathing thing
1d) spirit (of man)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5395
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1433a

נְשָׁמָה noun feminine breath; — ׳נ Deuteronomy 20:16 9t.; construct נִשְׁמַת (compare Lag^{BN 82}) Genesis 2:7 10t.; suffix נִשְׁמָתִי Job 27:3; נִשְׁמָתוֺ Job 34:14; plural נְשָׁמוֺת Isaiah 57:16; —

1 breath of God as hot wind kindling a flame Isaiah 30:33; as destroying wind 2 Samuel 22:16 = Psalm 18:16; Job 4:9; as cold wind producing ice Job 32:8; Job 33:4.

2 breath of man 1 Kings 17:17; Isaiah 42:5; Job 27:3; Daniel 10:7; breath of life נשׁמת חיים Genesis 2:7 (J); compare נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ חַיִּים Genesis 7:22 (J); as breathed in by God it is God's breath in man Job 34:14; Job 36:4; and is characteristic of man אדם אשׁר נשׁמה באפו Isaiah 2:22 man in whose nostrils is but a breath (late gloss).

3 synonym נפשׁ כָּל נְשָׁמָה every breathing thing Deuteronomy 20:16; Joshua 11:11,14; 1 Kings 15:29; כָּלהַֿנְּשָׁמָה Joshua 10:14; Psalm 150:6; נְשָׁמוֺת Isaiah 57:16.

4 spirit of man, "" רוּחַ, אָדָם ׳נ ׳נֵר י Proverbs 20:27 the spirit of man is a lamp of ׳י.

Strong's Hebrew: 5397. נְשָׁמָה (neshamah) — 23 Occurrences

Genesis 2:7
HEB: וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י
NAS: into his nostrils the breath of life;
KJV: into his nostrils the breath of life;
INT: and breathed his nostrils the breath A living became

Genesis 7:22
HEB: כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת־ ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים
NAS: nostrils was the breath of the spirit
INT: of all whose was the breath of the spirit of life

Deuteronomy 20:16
HEB: תְחַיֶּ֖ה כָּל־ נְשָׁמָֽה׃
NAS: anything that breathes.
KJV: thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
INT: leave anything breathes

Joshua 10:40
HEB: וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־ הַנְּשָׁמָה֙ הֶחֱרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: all who breathed, just
KJV: but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD
INT: survivor all who utterly after

Joshua 11:11
HEB: נוֹתַ֖ר כָּל־ נְשָׁמָ֑ה וְאֶת־ חָצ֖וֹר
NAS: one left who breathed. And he burned
KJV: [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt
INT: left every who Hazor burned

2 Samuel 22:16
HEB: בְּגַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת ר֥וּחַ אַפּֽוֹ׃
NAS: of the LORD, At the blast of the breath
KJV: of the LORD, at the blast of the breath
INT: the rebuke of the LORD the blast of the breath of his nostrils

1 Kings 15:29
HEB: הִשְׁאִ֧יר כָּל־ נְשָׁמָ֛ה לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם עַד־
NAS: any persons alive, until
KJV: not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed
INT: leave any persons to Jeroboam until

1 Kings 17:17
HEB: נֽוֹתְרָה־ בּ֖וֹ נְשָׁמָֽה׃
NAS: that there was no breath left
KJV: sore, that there was no breath left
INT: no left breath

Job 4:9
HEB: מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ
NAS: By the breath of God they perish,
KJV: By the blast of God they perish,
INT: the breath of God perish

Job 26:4
HEB: הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־ מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה
NAS: And whose spirit was expressed
KJV: words? and whose spirit came
INT: uttered answer spirit to whom was expressed

Job 27:3
HEB: ע֣וֹד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְר֖וּחַ
NAS: For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God
KJV: All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit
INT: the while life and the spirit of God

Job 32:8
HEB: הִ֣יא בֶאֱנ֑וֹשׁ וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּבִינֵֽם׃
NAS: in man, And the breath of the Almighty
KJV: in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty
INT: he man and the breath of the Almighty gives

Job 33:4
HEB: אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃
NAS: has made me, And the breath of the Almighty
KJV: hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
INT: of God has made and the breath of the Almighty gives

Job 34:14
HEB: לִבּ֑וֹ רוּח֥וֹ וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ אֵלָ֥יו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃
NAS: to Himself His spirit and His breath,
KJV: unto himself his spirit and his breath;
INT: his heart his spirit and his breath to gather

Job 37:10
HEB: מִנִּשְׁמַת־ אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־
NAS: From the breath of God ice
KJV: By the breath of God frost
INT: the breath of God is made

Psalm 18:15
HEB: מִגַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝נִּשְׁמַ֗ת ר֣וּחַ אַפֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: O LORD, At the blast of the breath
KJV: O LORD, at the blast of the breath
INT: your rebuke LORD the blast of the breath of your nostrils

Psalm 150:6
HEB: כֹּ֣ל הַ֭נְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּ֥ל יָ֗הּ
NAS: Let everything that has breath praise
KJV: Let every thing that hath breath praise
INT: everything has breath praise the LORD

Proverbs 20:27
HEB: נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ
NAS: The spirit of man is the lamp
KJV: The spirit of man [is] the candle
INT: is the lamp of the LORD the spirit of man Searching

Isaiah 2:22
HEB: הָ֣אָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְשָׁמָ֖ה בְּאַפּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־
NAS: whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils;
KJV: ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils:
INT: man whose breath his nostrils For

Isaiah 30:33
HEB: וְעֵצִים֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה נִשְׁמַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ כְּנַ֣חַל
NAS: of wood; The breath of the LORD,
KJV: wood; the breath of the LORD,
INT: of wood plenty the breath of the LORD A torrent

Isaiah 42:5
HEB: וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָ נֹתֵ֤ן נְשָׁמָה֙ לָעָ֣ם עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: Who gives breath to the people
KJV: of it; he that giveth breath unto the people
INT: offspring gives breath to the people on

Isaiah 57:16
HEB: מִלְּפָנַ֣י יַֽעֲט֔וֹף וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת אֲנִ֥י עָשִֽׂיתִי׃
NAS: before Me, And the breath [of those whom] I have made.
KJV: before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
INT: before grow and the breath I have made

Daniel 10:17
HEB: בִּ֣י כֹ֔חַ וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה לֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרָה־
NAS: in me, nor has any breath been left
KJV: no strength in me, neither is there breath left
INT: remained strength breath nor been left