רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7306 (רוּחַ);
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
- wind
- by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation
- figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality
- by extension, a region of the sky
- by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
378 occurrences · 378 OT · 0 NT · 127 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spirit34 · 15%
- the spirit27 · 12%
- wind26 · 12%
- and the spirit24 · 11%
- the wind22 · 10%
- my spirit15 · 7%
- of spirit12 · 5%
- his spirit6 · 3%
- of the spirit5 · 2%
- in spirit5 · 2%
- winds5 · 2%
- then the spirit4 · 2%
- side4 · 2%
- of the wind3 · 1%
- for the spirit3 · 1%
- of my spirit3 · 1%
- and there is no breath3 · 1%
- a wind3 · 1%
- in the spirit3 · 1%
- and my spirit3 · 1%
- my breath3 · 1%
- of the breath2 · 1%
- but the spirit2 · 1%
- of the spirits2 · 1%
- him with the spirit2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.