Hebrew Strong's Lexicon
H7307
Lemma: ר֫וּחַ
Transliteration: roo'-akh
Definition: from ר֫וּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV Definition: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y)
Verse usage
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Proverbionan 27:16
NASB
He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
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Proverbionan 29:11
NASB
A fool always loses his temper, But a wise man holds it back.
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Proverbionan 29:23
NASB
A man's pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
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Proverbionan 30:4
NASB
Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son's name? Surely you know!
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Predikador 1:6
NASB
Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
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Predikador 1:14
NASB
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
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Predikador 1:17
NASB
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
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Predikador 2:11
NASB
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
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Predikador 2:17
NASB
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
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Predikador 2:26
NASB
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
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Predikador 3:19
NASB
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
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Predikador 3:21
NASB
Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
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Predikador 4:4
NASB
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is [the result of] rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
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Predikador 4:6
NASB
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
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Predikador 4:16
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There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.
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Predikador 5:16
NASB
This also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
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Predikador 6:9
NASB
What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
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Predikador 7:8
NASB
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.
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Predikador 7:9
NASB
Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
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Predikador 8:8
NASB
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.