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rūaḥ רוּחַ ‘spirit’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rīaḥ רִיחַ ‘to smell’
Roots: רוח

rūaḥ n, f
1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
 1a) breath
 1b) wind
  1b1) of heaven
  1b2) quarter (of wind), side
  1b3) breath of air
  1b4) air, gas
  1b5) vain, empty thing
 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
  1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
  1c2) courage
  1c3) temper, anger
  1c4) impatience, patience
  1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
  1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
  1c7) prophetic spirit
 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
  1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
  1e1) desire
  1e2) sorrow, trouble
 1f) spirit
  1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
  1f2) rarely of the will
  1f3) as seat especially of moral character
 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
  1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
  1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
  1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
  1g5) as energy of life
  1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
  1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

Mentioned in Genesis 45:27, 3:8, 6:3, 41:8, 41:38, 7:15, 1:2, 8:1, 6:17, 7:22, 26:35 Exodus 15:10, 35:21, 28:3, 10:19, 6:9, 31:3, 35:31, 15:8, 10:13, 14:21 Numbers 11:26, 5:14, 5:30, 16:22, 14:24, 11:25, 27:16, 27:18, 24:2, 11:31, 11:29, 11:17 Deuteronomy 2:30, 34:9 Joshua 2:11, 5:1 Judges 14:6, 14:19, 9:23, 6:34, 8:3, 15:19, 15:14, 3:10, 13:25, 11:29 1 Samuel 1:15, 16:16, 16:13, 10:6, 30:12, 16:15, 16:23, 18:10, 19:9, 19:23, 11:6, 10:10, 19:20, 16:14 2 Samuel 22:16, 23:2, 22:11 1 Kings 18:12, 18:45, 19:11, 22:24, 21:5, 22:21, 22:23, 22:22, 10:5 2 Kings 2:16, 2:9, 2:15, 3:17, 19:7 Isaiah 25:4, 61:3, 31:3, 4:4, 38:16, 48:16, 61:1, 19:3, 26:9, 41:29, 34:16, 63:10, 63:11, 32:2, 40:13, 33:11, 40:7, 42:5, 37:7, 66:2, 54:6, 7:2, 57:15, 59:21, 57:16, 11:4, 26:18, 57:13, 11:15, 19:14, 29:10, 41:16, 59:19, 65:14, 64:5, 63:14, 42:1, 11:2, 29:24, 30:1, 44:3, 28:6, 30:28, 17:13, 27:8, 32:15 Jeremiah 10:14, 51:17, 22:22, 2:24, 10:13, 51:16, 18:17, 49:32, 5:13, 14:6, 49:36, 51:1, 4:12, 4:11, 51:11, 52:23, 13:24 Ezekiel 5:10, 11:19, 13:11, 13:13, 20:32, 36:26, 12:14, 17:21, 37:9, 37:14, 13:3, 21:12, 37:5, 39:29, 1:20, 1:21, 5:2, 3:12, 5:12, 37:8, 1:12, 11:1, 19:12, 2:2, 3:24, 8:3, 11:5, 11:24, 42:19, 43:5, 42:16, 37:6, 42:20, 1:4, 18:31, 36:27, 37:10, 10:17, 27:26, 42:18, 37:1, 3:14, 17:10, 42:17 Hosea 9:7, 8:7, 13:15, 5:4, 4:12, 12:2, 4:19 Joel 3:1, 3:2 Amos 4:13 Jonah 1:4, 4:8 Micah 3:8, 2:11, 2:7 Habakkuk 2:19, 1:11 Haggai 2:5, 1:14 Zechariah 6:5, 12:1, 5:9, 4:6, 6:8, 12:10, 2:10, 13:2, 7:12 Malachi 2:15, 2:16 Psalms 78:8, 146:4, 32:2, 104:30, 135:7, 135:17, 103:16, 51:13, 143:7, 31:6, 104:29, 51:12, 51:19, 77:4, 83:14, 143:10, 1:4, 107:25, 139:7, 48:8, 18:16, 142:4, 76:13, 11:6, 104:4, 148:8, 34:19, 106:33, 78:39, 18:11, 33:6, 147:18, 35:5, 104:3, 77:7, 18:43, 55:9, 51:14, 143:4 Proverbs 29:23, 11:29, 14:29, 29:11, 25:14, 25:28, 16:2, 18:14, 11:13, 30:4, 16:32, 1:23, 16:19, 16:18, 17:22, 25:23, 15:4, 15:13, 27:16 Job 4:9, 21:4, 16:3, 37:21, 41:8, 12:10, 32:8, 15:13, 33:4, 30:22, 34:14, 8:2, 6:4, 27:3, 6:26, 1:19, 7:11, 19:17, 15:2, 32:18, 20:3, 30:15, 26:13, 4:15, 21:18, 7:7, 17:1, 10:12, 15:30, 9:18, 28:25 Lamentations 4:20 Ecclesiastes 2:26, 3:19, 3:21, 8:8, 4:16, 7:8, 2:11, 11:5, 4:4, 7:9, 10:4, 1:6, 12:7, 1:14, 2:17, 5:15, 1:17, 6:9, 11:4, 4:6 Daniel 11:4, 2:3, 8:8, 2:1 Ezra 1:5, 1:1 Nehemiah 9:30, 9:20 1 Chronicles 28:12, 5:26, 12:19, 9:24 2 Chronicles 36:22, 18:23, 18:20, 18:22, 15:1, 24:20, 18:21, 20:14, 9:4, 21:16

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