Strong's Hebrew · H5314
H5314 nâphash
נָפַשׁ
naw-fash'
be refreshed
Looking for Greek G5314 phágos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5314. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
nâphash appears 3 times in Scripture, in Exodus 23:12, Exodus 31:17 and 2 Samuel 16:14. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)
In the King James Version
(be) refresh selves (-ed).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’””
“Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.”
“For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.”
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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).
