'Breathing' in the Bible
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
After concluding this set of instructions to his sons, Jacob tucked his feet up into bed, quit breathing, and was gathered to his ancestors.
Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee for an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;
and they smite every person who is in it by the mouth of the sword; he hath devoted -- he hath not left any one breathing, and Hazor he hath burnt with fire;
and all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing.
And it cometh to pass, at his reigning, he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam, he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!
Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourishAnd bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.
Do not give me over to the will of my foes,for false witnesses rise up against me,breathing violence.
When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.
The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.
“She who bore seven sons pines away;Her breathing is labored.Her sun has set while it was yet day;She has been shamed and humiliated.So I will give over their survivors to the swordBefore their enemies,” declares the Lord.
The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.
Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.
Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.
I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
We are pursued -- they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.
And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
As I continued to watch, I saw tendons growing on the bones, and muscles growing and covering them, and then skin covered the flesh from above. But the bodies weren't breathing.
And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.
And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you: