KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 2:7
Complete exact-word concordance
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
1611 marginal noteThat is, by his anger, as Esa.30.33.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Hee will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
In whose hand is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
1611 marginal noteOr, life.
1611 marginal noteHeb. all flesh of man.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
He shall not depart out of darkenesse, the flame shall drie vp his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he goe away.
MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
¶ My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me.
1611 marginal noteOr, my spirit is spent.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
1611 marginal noteHeb. my belly.
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
All the while my breath is in mee, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
1611 marginal noteThat is, the breath which God gaue him.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
If he set his heart vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;
1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon him.
1611 marginal notePsal. 104.19.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
By the breath of God, frost is giuen: and the breadth of the waters is straitned.
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