Strong’s H5314 · Hebrew

נָפַשׁ
nâphash
naw-fash'

Definition

to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • (be) refresh selves (-ed)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.