Rûwach — H7307

H7307 · Hebrew — רוח

Pronunciation: roo'-akh

Definition

feminine noun

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)

  1. wind, breath, mind, spirit
    1. breath
    2. wind
      1. of heaven
      2. quarter (of wind), side
      3. breath of air
      4. air, gas
      5. vain, empty thing
    3. spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
      1. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
      2. courage
      3. temper, anger
      4. impatience, patience
      5. spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
      6. disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
      7. prophetic spirit
    4. spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
      1. as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
    5. spirit (as seat of emotion)
      1. desire
      2. sorrow, trouble
    6. spirit
      1. as seat or organ of mental acts
      2. rarely of the will
      3. as seat especially of moral character
    7. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
      1. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
      2. as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
      3. imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
      4. as endowing men with various gifts
      5. as energy of life
      6. as manifest in the Shekinah glory
      7. never referred to as a depersonalised force

Usually translated as

spirit, wind, breath, mind, side, blast, vain, air, anger, cool, courage, spiritual, tempest, whirlwind, windy, quarter

Origin

from H7306

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Rûwach occurs 378 times in 348 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (11), Exodus (10), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (10), 1 Samuel (14), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (9), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (10), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2), Job (31), Psalms (39), Proverbs (20), Ecclesiastes (20), Isaiah (46), Jeremiah (17), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (44), Daniel (4), Hosea (7), Joel (2), Amos (1), Jonah (2), Micah (3), Habakkuk (2), Haggai (2), Zechariah (9), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — R