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)
Strong’s Definition
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)
Etymology & Derivation
from H7306 (רוּחַ);
KJV Usage
air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.wind, breath, mind, spirit
- 2.breath
- 3.wind
- 4.spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
- 5.spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
- 6.spirit (as seat of emotion)
- 7.spirit
- 8.spirit of god
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: rûwach; Pronunciation: roo'-akh