Topical Bible: Breath

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Definition and Significance:
In the Bible, "breath" is often synonymous with life itself, representing the divine spark that animates human beings and other living creatures. The concept of breath is deeply intertwined with the idea of the soul and spirit, reflecting the intimate connection between God and His creation.

Hebrew and Greek Terms:
The Hebrew word for breath is "neshamah" (נְשָׁמָה), which can also mean spirit or soul. Another related Hebrew term is "ruach" (רוּחַ), often translated as spirit, wind, or breath. In the New Testament, the Greek word "pneuma" (πνεῦμα) is used, similarly encompassing the ideas of spirit and breath.

Creation and Life:
The Bible begins with the account of creation, where breath plays a crucial role. In Genesis 2:7 , it is written, "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." This passage highlights the divine act of imparting life, distinguishing humans from other forms of creation through the direct breath of God.

Breath as a Symbol of God's Power:
Breath is frequently used as a metaphor for God's power and presence. In Job 33:4 , Elihu declares, "The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life." This verse underscores the belief that life is sustained by God's ongoing involvement and power.

Breath and the Holy Spirit:
In the New Testament, breath is closely associated with the Holy Spirit. After His resurrection, Jesus imparts the Holy Spirit to His disciples through the act of breathing. John 20:22 states, "When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'" This act signifies the impartation of spiritual life and empowerment for the mission ahead.

Breath and Mortality:
The transient nature of human life is often depicted through the imagery of breath. In Psalm 144:4 , it is written, "Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow." This reflects the biblical understanding of human frailty and the brevity of life, emphasizing the need for reliance on God.

Breath in Prophecy and Vision:
Breath is also a key element in prophetic visions, symbolizing revival and restoration. In Ezekiel 37:9-10 , the prophet is commanded to prophesy to the breath: "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.' So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army." This vision of the valley of dry bones illustrates the transformative power of God's breath to bring life and hope to what was once dead.

Breath and Worship:
The act of breathing is also linked to worship and praise. In Psalm 150:6 , the psalmist exhorts, "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Hallelujah!" This call to worship underscores the idea that all living beings, endowed with breath by God, are to use that breath to glorify Him.

Conclusion:
Throughout the Bible, breath is a profound symbol of life, divine presence, and spiritual vitality. It serves as a reminder of humanity's dependence on God for both physical and spiritual sustenance, and it calls believers to live lives of worship and obedience, acknowledging the source of their life and breath.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.

2. (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.

3. (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life.

4. (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.

5. (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.

6. (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

7. (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.

8. (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.

9. (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.

10. (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BREATH; BREATHE; BREATHING

breth, breth, breath'-ing: In the English Versions of the Bible of the Old Testament "breath" is the rendering of neshamah, and of ruach. These words differ but slightly in meaning, both signifying primarily "wind," then "breath," though the former suggests a gentler blowing, the latter often a blast. As applied to persons there is no very clear distinction between the words. Yet in general one may say that of the two neshamah is employed preferably of breath regarded physiologically: "vital breath," hence, the vital principle, "Soul (animal) life" (compare Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22 Job 27:3, where both words occur; Da 5:23); while ruach (though it, too, sometimes signifies "vital breath") is the word generally employed where the breath is regarded physically-breath or blast as an act or force-and so is related to the will or the emotions, whence the meaning "spirit," also sometimes "thought," "purpose" (compare Job 4:9; Job 9:18 Psalm 18:15; Psalm 146:4 Ezekiel 37:5, 6, 8, 9, 10). The examples cited, however, and other passages reveal a lack of uniformity of usage. Yet generally ruach is the expression, neshamah, the principle, of life. Yet when employed of God they of course signify the principle, not of His own life, but of that imparted to His creatures. "Breathe" in English Versions of the Bible of the Old Testament requires no remark except at Psalm 27:12 ("such as breathe out cruelty"), from yaphach, "to breathe hard," "to snort" (compare Acts 9:1). In the New Testament "breath" (pnoe) occurs once Acts 17:25 in the plain sense of vital principle, the gift of God. "Breathed" is employed in John 20:22 of our Lord's concrete symbolism of the giving of the Spirit. In Acts 9:1 Saul's "breathing threatening and slaughter" is literally "snorting," etc., and the nouns are partitive genitives, being the element of which he breathed.

See also SPIRIT.

J. R. Van Pelt

Greek

4157. pnoe -- a blowing, wind, breath
... a blowing, wind, breath. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pnoe Phonetic
Spelling: (pno-ay') Short Definition: breath, wind Definition: (a) breath ...
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5590. psuche -- breath, the soul
... breath, the soul. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: psuche Phonetic
Spelling: (psoo-khay') Short Definition: the soul, life, self Definition: (a ...
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403. anapsuxis -- a recovery of breath, a refreshing
... a recovery of breath, a refreshing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
anapsuxis Phonetic Spelling: (an-aps'-ook-sis) Short Definition: refreshing ...
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4151. pneuma -- wind, spirit
... wind, spirit. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pneuma Phonetic Spelling:
(pnyoo'-mah) Short Definition: wind, breath, spirit Definition: wind ...
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822. atmis -- vapor
... vapor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: atmis Phonetic Spelling:
(at-mece') Short Definition: breath, steam, vapor Definition: breath, steam ...
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968. bema -- a step, raised place, by impl. a tribunal
... judgment seat, throne. From the base of basis; a step, ie Foot-breath; by implication,
a rostrum, ie A tribunal -- judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne. ...
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2315. theopneustos -- God-breathed, ie inspired by God
... believers" (C. Spicq, 2, 193). [ (2315 ) relates directly to God's (Gk )
which can also be translated "breath."]. 2 Tim 3:16: "Each ...
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674. apopsucho -- to leave off breathing, ie faint
... separate " and 5594 , "breathe," the root of 5590 , "soul") -- properly, "separate
from the soul," ie become because of loss of breath; (figuratively) (become ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5396. nishmah -- breath
... 5395, 5396. nishmah. 5397 . breath. Transliteration: nishmah Phonetic
Spelling: (nish-maw') Short Definition: life-breath. Word ...
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5397. neshamah -- breath
... 5396, 5397. neshamah. 5398 . breath. Transliteration: neshamah Phonetic
Spelling: (nesh-aw-maw') Short Definition: breath. Word ...
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7307. ruach -- breath, wind, spirit
... breath, wind, spirit. Transliteration: ruach Phonetic Spelling: (roo'-akh) Short
Definition: spirit. ... air, anger, blast, breath, cool, courage, mind, quarter,. ...
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1892. hebel -- vapor, breath
... 1891, 1892. hebel. 1893 . vapor, breath. Transliteration: hebel Phonetic Spelling:
(heh'bel) Short Definition: vanity. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3306. yaphach -- to breathe, puff
... 3305, 3306. yaphach. 3307 . to breathe, puff. Transliteration: yaphach Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-fakh') Short Definition: breath. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5301. naphach -- to breathe, blow
... blow, breath, give up, cause to lose life, seething, snuff. A primitive root;
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate ...
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5315. nephesh -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire ...
... person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion NASB Word Usage any (1), anyone (2),
anyone* (1), appetite (7), being (1), beings (3), body (1), breath (1), corpse ...
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639. aph -- a nostril, nose, face, anger
... Word Origin from anaph Definition a nostril, nose, face, anger NASB Word Usage anger
(205), angry (2), angry* (5), before (2), breath (1), countenance (1 ...
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659. epha -- of nothing
... of nothing From an unused root probably meaning to breathe; properly, a breath,
ie Nothing -- of nought. 658b, 659. epha. 660 . Strong's Numbers.
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6315. puach -- to breathe, blow
... A primitive root; to puff, ie Blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze),
to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff -- blow (upon), break, puff ...
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Library

The Breath of God
... HYMNS THE BREATH OF GOD. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest
the sound thereof.""John 3:8. ... Thou Breath from still eternity. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/the breath of god.htm

A Talk About the Breath of God.
... THE NEW TESTAMENT. CHAPTER XI. A TALK ABOUT THE BREATH OF GOD. ... Nicodemus found out
that life was the breath of God in man, and that by it man lives. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xi a talk about.htm

Is the Question of Breath one that Concerns the Soul, or Body, or ...
... Book IV. Chapter 4 [III.]"Is the Question of Breath One that Concerns
the Soul, or Body, or What? But to what, in your judgment ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 4 iii is the question.htm

The Meaning of "Breath" in Scripture.
... A Treatise on the soul and its origin, Chapter 19."The Meaning of "Breath"
In Scripture. The term, however, that is used in the ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 19 the meaning of breath.htm

By "Breath" is Signified Sometimes the Holy Spirit.
... A Treatise on the soul and its origin, Chapter 18."By "Breath" Is Signified
Sometimes the Holy Spirit. How, again, does he know ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 18 by breath is signified.htm

Breath and Blood.
... Book VIII. Chapter XXX."Breath and Blood. "The nostrils also are made for
the purpose of collecting, inspiring, and expiring air ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxx breath and blood.htm

Come from the Four Winds, O Breath!
... Come from the Four Winds, O Breath! A Sermon (No.2246). Intended for Reading
on Lord's-Day, March 6th, 1892,. Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/come from the four winds.htm

Confirmation 380. Breathe on Me, Breath of God
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Confirmation 380. Breathe on me, Breath of God. SM ... Edwin
Hatch, 1878. Breathe on me, Breath of God,. Fill me with life anew,. ...
/.../confirmation 380 breathe on me.htm

Of the Difference Between Life and Death; of the Breath of Life ...
... Against Heresies: Book V Chapter XII."Of the difference between life and death;
of the breath of life and the vivifying Spirit: also how it is that the ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xii of the difference between.htm

victor Apparently Gives the Creative Breath to Man Also.
... Book III. Chapter 7 [V.]"Victor Apparently Gives the Creative Breath to
Man Also. But what is the meaning of that, which you have ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 7 v victor apparently gives.htm

Thesaurus

Breath (95 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe
freely; as, I am out of breath. ...BREATH; BREATHE; BREATHING. ...
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Life-breath (1 Occurrence)
Life-breath. Lifeboat, Life-breath. Life-giver . Multi-Version
Concordance Life-breath (1 Occurrence). Daniel 5:23 and ...
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Breathe (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To take breath; to rest from action. 3. (vi) To pass like breath;
noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. ...
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Breathing (25 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing
breath in the ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BREATH; BREATHE; BREATHING. ...
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Nostrils (22 Occurrences)
... It is frequently referred to as the organ of breathing, in other words, as
the receptacle of the breath or spirit of God: "Yahweh.... ...
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Whisper (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near
at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... It is frequently referred to as the organ of breathing, in other words, as
the receptacle of the breath or spirit of God: "Yahweh.... ...
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Ghost (123 Occurrences)
... It is the translation of the Hebrew nephesh_ and the Greek _pneuma, both meaning
"breath," "life," "spirit," the "living principle" (Job 11:20; Jeremiah 15:9 ...
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Gasp (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration;
to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. ...
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Expire (14 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To emit the breath. 6. (vi) To emit the last breath; to breathe out
the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. ...
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Resources

What is the breath of life? | GotQuestions.org

What is the meaning of the Hebrew word ruach? | GotQuestions.org

What is the human spirit? | GotQuestions.org

Breath: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Breath (95 Occurrences)

Mark 7:34
And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
(BBE)

Acts 2:2
and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,
(YLT)

Acts 9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 17:25
neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 1:17
When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
(See NIV)

2 Thessalonians 2:8
Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
(WEB ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 11:11
After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 13:15
It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:30
and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which 'is' breath of life, every green herb 'is' for food:' and it is so.
(YLT RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:7
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 6:17
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:15
They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 15:8
By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
(BBE DBY)

Exodus 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
(DBY NIV)

2 Samuel 22:16
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 17:17
It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 19:12
And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.
(BBE)

Job 3:11
Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
(BBE)

Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 4:15
And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:
(BBE)

Job 7:7
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 7:16
I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
(WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Job 9:18
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 10:18
Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,
(BBE)

Job 11:20
But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
(BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 12:10
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 13:19
Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.
(BBE)

Job 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where is he?
(WBS RSV NIV)

Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Job 19:17
My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Job 26:4
With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
(YLT)

Job 26:13
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Job 27:3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
(KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 32:8
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 32:18
For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer:
(BBE)

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 34:14
If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 36:12
But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
(BBE)

Job 37:10
By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 39:20
Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?
(BBE)

Job 41:21
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 18:15
Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 33:6
By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 39:5
Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 39:11
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:33
So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.
(BBE JPS RSV)

Psalms 78:39
So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.
(BBE DBY)

Psalms 90:9
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
(BBE)

Psalms 94:11
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Psalms 104:29
You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Psalms 135:17
They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 144:4
Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 146:2
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
(BBE)

Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 20:27
The breath of man 'is' a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
(YLT)

Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
(BBE DBY)

Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
(See NAS)

Song of Songs 7:8
I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples,
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 25:4
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 30:28
His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 30:33
For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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Isaiah 33:11
You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
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Isaiah 34:16
Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
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Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.
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Isaiah 57:13
When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."
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Isaiah 57:16
For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Yahweh drives.
(WEB JPS ASV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul faints before the murderers.
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Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Jeremiah 15:9
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath resigned her breath; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
(WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 38:16
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 51:17
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Lamentations 1:19
I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
(Root in BBE WBS)

Lamentations 4:20
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
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Ezekiel 22:20
As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 37:5
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
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Ezekiel 37:6
I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 37:8
I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
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Ezekiel 37:9
Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.
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Ezekiel 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
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Daniel 5:23
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
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Daniel 10:17
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
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Hosea 13:15
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
(WEB ASV)

Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to the wood,'Awake!' or to the mute stone,'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
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Haggai 1:9
You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
(BBE)

Malachi 1:13
And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.
(BBE)

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