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breath

Meaning of “breath”

Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.

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42 occurrences42 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Psalms 18:15
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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1611 witness · Psalms 18:15 · retained source text

Then the chanels of waters were seene, and the foundations of the world were discouered: at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalms 33:6
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 33:6 · retained source text

By the word of the LORD were the heauens made: and all the host of them, by the breath of his mouth.

1611 marginal noteGen. 1.6. & 7.

Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 104:29 · retained source text

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled, thou takest away their breath, they die: and returne to their dust.

Psalms 135:17
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 135:17 · retained source text

They haue eares, but they heare not: neither is there any breath in their mouthes.

Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 146:4 · retained source text

His breath goeth foorth, he returneth to his earth: in that very day his thoughts perish.

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