# נְשָׁמָה (neshamah)

Israeli respelling: ne-sha-mah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5397. 24 Old Testament occurrences.

a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

King James renderings: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/neshamah-h5397

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/2/7) — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- [Genesis 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/7/22) — All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
- [Deuteronomy 20:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/16) — But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
- [Joshua 10:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/10/40) — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none rema…
- [Joshua 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/11) — And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and…
- [Joshua 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/14) — And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with th…
- [2 Samuel 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/16) — And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath…
- [1 Kings 15:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/29) — And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had dest…
- [1 Kings 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/17) — And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that…
- [Job 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/9) — By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
- [Job 26:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/26/4) — To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
- [Job 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/3) — All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
- [Job 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/8) — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
- [Job 33:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/4) — The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
- [Job 34:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/14) — If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
- [Job 37:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/10) — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- [Psalms 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 o…
- [Psalms 150:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/150/6) — Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
- [Proverbs 20:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/27) — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- [Isaiah 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/2/22) — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
- [Isaiah 30:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/33) — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; th…
- [Isaiah 42:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/42/5) — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of…
- [Isaiah 57:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/16) — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
- [Daniel 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/17) — For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is the…