'Breath' in the Bible

when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

And I, behold, I [am] about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which [is] the breath of life from under the heaven; everything that [is] on the earth shall perish.

And they came to Noah to the ark, {two of each}, from every living thing in which [was] the breath of life.

Everything in whose nostrils [was] {the breath of life}, among all that [was] on dry land, died.

When Jacob finished instructing his sons he drew his feet up to the bed. Then he took his last breath and was gathered to his people.

And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up; waves stood like a heap; deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.

You blew with your breath; the sea covered them; they dropped like lead in the mighty waters.

Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed, the foundations of the world, at the rebuke of Yawheh, from the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

It happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; and his illness was very severe until there was no breath left in him.

and the food of his table, and the position of his officers, the duty of his servants and their clothing, his cupbearers and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of Yahweh, there was no longer any breath in her.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."

In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}?

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to {my own family}.

{With whose help} have you uttered words, and whose breath has come forth from you?

By his breath {the heavens were made clear}; his hand pierced [the] fleeing snake.

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

if I have eaten its yield without payment, or I have caused [the] breath of its owners to die,

"Truly, it [is] a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.

Its breath kindles charcoal, and a flame comes from its mouth.

By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths.

Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.

His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.

He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows.

A fool gives all his breath, but [the] wise holds back in quiet.

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

I say, "I will climb up the palm tree; I will lay hold of its fruit clusters." Let your breasts [be pleasing] like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like the apples.

Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?

And his {breath} [is] in the fear of Yahweh. And he shall judge not by his eyesight, and he shall rebuke not by {what he hears with} his ears.

But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in his distress, a shelter from [the] rainstorm, a shade from [the] heat. For [the] breath of [the] ruthless [was] like a rainstorm against a wall,

And his breath [is] like an overflowing river; it reaches up to [the] neck to shake [the] nations with [the] sieve of worthlessness; and a bridle that leads astray [is] on [the] jawbones of [the] peoples.

For Topheth has been prepared from yesterday; indeed, it is made ready for the king. He makes its pile of wood deep and wide; he makes fire and wood {abundant}. The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.

You conceive dry grass, you bring forth stubble; your breath [is] a fire; it will consume you.

Grass withers; [the] flower withers when the breath of Yahweh blows on it. Surely the people [are] grass.

Thus says the God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.

When {you cry}, let your collection deliver you, and [the] wind will carry all of them away; a breath will take [them] away. But he who takes refuge in me shall take possession [of] [the] land, and he shall inherit my {holy mountain}."

For I heard a voice like an ill woman, anxiety like [a woman who] bears her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath, she is spreading out her hands: "Woe is me, for I am becoming tired before killers."

{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.

And wild asses stand on [the] barren heights, they gasp [for] breath like the jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no vegetation."

She who gave birth to seven has withered away. She gasps her breath. Her sun {set} while still day. She has been put to shame and disgraced. And the remainder of them I will give to the sword {before} their enemies," {declares} Yahweh.

All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of Yahweh, was captured in their pits; of whom we said, "In his shadow we will live among the nations."

Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I [am] bringing into you breath, and you will live!

And I will lay on you sinews, and I will let flesh come upon you, and I will cover you over [with] skin, and I will put breath into you, and you will live, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh." '"

And I looked, and indeed, sinews [were] on them, and flesh went up, and skin covered over them {upward}, but breath [was] not in them.

And he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and you must say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh {from the four winds}, "Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!" '"

And I prophesied {as} he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they became alive, and they stood on their feet, a very, very large group.

And I will put my breath into you so that you may live, and I will cause you to rest on your soil, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act!" ' {declares} Yahweh."

Woe to [him who] says to the wood, 'Wake up!' [And] to a lifeless stone, 'Arise!' Can he teach? Look, it is covered [with] gold and silver, and there is no breath within it.

nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,

And after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

And it was given to him to put breath into the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast both spoke and caused that all those, unless they worshiped the image of the beast, should be killed.