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1 Samuel 18:3
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Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Then
H3083
Jonathan
and
H1732
David
H3772
made
a
H1285
covenant
because
he
H157
loved
him
as
his
own
H5315
soul
Hebrew-English Dictionary
Strongs: H5315
Hebrew: נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration: nephesh
Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Bible Usage: {any} {appetite} {beast} {body} {breath} {creature} X-(idiom) dead ({-ly}) {desire} X-(idiom) [dis-] {contented} X-(idiom) {fish} {ghost} + {greedy} {he} heart ({-y}) ({hath} X-(idiom) jeopardy of) life (X in {jeopardy}) {lust} {man} {me} {mind} {mortality} {one} {own} {person} {pleasure} ({her-} {him-} {my-} thy-) {self} them (your) {-selves} + {slay} {soul} + {tablet} {they} {thing} (X she) {will} X-(idiom) would have it.
Definition:
properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
1. soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a. that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b. living being
c. living being (with life in the blood)
d. the man himself, self, person or individual
e. seat of the appetites
f. seat of emotions and passions
g. activity of mind
1. dubious
h. activity of the will
1. dubious
i. activity of the character
1. dubious
The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.