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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7307 (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: mind, spirit, wind.
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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spirit2 · 18%
- and the wind1 · 9%
- and in whom is the spirit1 · 9%
- that the spirit1 · 9%
- for the spirit1 · 9%
- in whom is the spirit1 · 9%
- of thee, that the spirit1 · 9%
- and his mind1 · 9%
- winds1 · 9%
- in my spirit1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel11
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.