KJV dictionary & concordance

soul

Meaning of “soul”

Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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458 occurrences432 verses42 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Job 3:20

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Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 3:20 · retained source text

Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?

Job 6:7

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The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

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1611 witness · Job 6:7 · retained source text

The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat.

Job 7:11

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Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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1611 witness · Job 7:11 · retained source text

Therefore I will not refraine my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish of my spirit, I will complaine in the bitternesse of my soule.

Job 7:15

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So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 7:15 · retained source text

So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather then my life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. then my bones.

Job 9:21

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Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

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1611 witness · Job 9:21 · retained source text

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soule: I would despise my life.

Job 10:1

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MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 word occurrences in this verse

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1611 witness · Job 10:1 · retained source text

¶ My soule is weary of my life, I will leaue my complaint vpon my selfe; I will speake in the bitternesse of my soule.

1611 marginal noteOr, eue of while I liue.

Job 12:10

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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 12:10 · retained source text

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.

Job 14:22

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But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

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But his flesh vpon him shall haue paine, and his soule within him shall mourne.

Job 16:4

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I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

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1611 witness · Job 16:4 · retained source text

I also could speake as yee doe: if your soule were in my soules stead, I could heape vp words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Job 19:2

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How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

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1611 witness · Job 19:2 · retained source text

How long will yee vexe my soule, and breake me in pieces with words?

Complete reference index — all 432 verses

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10:12 Deuteronomy 11:13 Deuteronomy 11:18 Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:20 Deuteronomy 12:21 Deuteronomy 13:3 Deuteronomy 13:6 Deuteronomy 14:26 Deuteronomy 26:16 Deuteronomy 30:2 Deuteronomy 30:6 Deuteronomy 30:10 Joshua 22:5 Judges 5:21 Judges 10:16 Judges 16:16 1 Samuel 1:10 1 Samuel 1:15 1 Samuel 1:26 1 Samuel 2:16 1 Samuel 17:55 1 Samuel 18:1 1 Samuel 18:3 1 Samuel 20:3 1 Samuel 20:4 1 Samuel 20:17 1 Samuel 23:20 1 Samuel 24:11 1 Samuel 25:26 1 Samuel 25:29 1 Samuel 26:21 1 Samuel 30:6 2 Samuel 4:9 2 Samuel 5:8 2 Samuel 11:11 2 Samuel 13:39 2 Samuel 14:19 1 Kings 1:29 1 Kings 2:4 1 Kings 8:48 1 Kings 11:37 1 Kings 17:21 1 Kings 17:22 2 Kings 2:2 2 Kings 2:4 2 Kings 2:6 2 Kings 4:27 2 Kings 4:30 2 Kings 23:3 2 Kings 23:25 1 Chronicles 22:19 2 Chronicles 6:38 2 Chronicles 15:12 2 Chronicles 34:31 Job 3:20 Job 6:7 Job 7:11 Job 7:15 Job 9:21 Job 10:1 Job 12:10 Job 14:22 Job 16:4 Job 19:2 Job 21:25 Job 23:13 Job 24:12 Job 27:2 Job 27:8 Job 30:15 Job 30:16 Job 30:25 Job 31:30 Job 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19:18 Proverbs 20:2 Proverbs 21:10 Proverbs 21:23 Proverbs 22:5 Proverbs 22:23 Proverbs 22:25 Proverbs 23:14 Proverbs 24:12 Proverbs 24:14 Proverbs 25:13 Proverbs 25:25 Proverbs 27:7 Proverbs 29:10 Proverbs 29:17 Proverbs 29:24 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ecclesiastes 6:3 Ecclesiastes 7:28 Song of Solomon 1:7 Song of Solomon 3:1 Song of Solomon 3:2 Song of Solomon 3:3 Song of Solomon 3:4 Song of Solomon 5:6 Song of Solomon 6:12 Isaiah 1:14 Isaiah 3:9 Isaiah 10:18 Isaiah 26:8 Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 29:8 Isaiah 32:6 Isaiah 38:15 Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 42:1 Isaiah 44:20 Isaiah 51:23 Isaiah 53:10 Isaiah 53:11 Isaiah 53:12 Isaiah 55:2 Isaiah 55:3 Isaiah 58:3 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 58:10 Isaiah 58:11 Isaiah 61:10 Isaiah 66:3 Jeremiah 4:10 Jeremiah 4:19 Jeremiah 4:31 Jeremiah 5:9 Jeremiah 5:29 Jeremiah 6:8 Jeremiah 9:9 Jeremiah 12:7 Jeremiah 13:17 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 18:20 Jeremiah 20:13 Jeremiah 31:12 Jeremiah 31:14 Jeremiah 31:25 Jeremiah 32:41 Jeremiah 38:16 Jeremiah 38:17 Jeremiah 38:20 Jeremiah 50:19 Jeremiah 51:6 Jeremiah 51:45 Lamentations 1:11 Lamentations 1:16 Lamentations 2:12 Lamentations 3:17 Lamentations 3:20 Lamentations 3:24 Lamentations 3:25 Lamentations 3:58 Ezekiel 3:19 Ezekiel 3:21 Ezekiel 4:14 Ezekiel 18:4 Ezekiel 18:20 Ezekiel 18:27 Ezekiel 24:21 Ezekiel 33:5 Ezekiel 33:9 Hosea 9:4 Jonah 2:5 Jonah 2:7 Micah 6:7 Micah 7:1 Habakkuk 2:4 Habakkuk 2:10 Zechariah 11:8 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 12:18 Matthew 16:26 Matthew 22:37 Matthew 26:38 Mark 8:36 Mark 8:37 Mark 12:30 Mark 12:33 Mark 14:34 Luke 1:46 Luke 2:35 Luke 10:27 Luke 12:19 Luke 12:20 John 12:27 Acts 2:27 Acts 2:31 Acts 2:43 Acts 3:23 Acts 4:32 Romans 2:9 Romans 13:1 1 Corinthians 15:45 2 Corinthians 1:23 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 10:38 Hebrews 10:39 James 5:20 1 Peter 2:11 2 Peter 2:8 3 John 1:2 Revelation 16:3 Revelation 18:14

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