Strong's Hebrew · H5301
H5301 nâphach
נָפַח
naw-fakh'
to breathe
Looking for Greek G5301 hýssōpos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5301. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
nâphach appears 12 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:7 and Job 20:26. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
In the King James Version
blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 12 times in Scripture
“You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.”
“Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!””
“Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.”
“Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.”
“Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.”
“Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.”
“if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,”
“Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.””
“The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.”
“Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
