'Soul' in the Bible

And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke {tenderly} to the girl.

Then each said to his brother, "Surely we [are] guilty on account of our brother when we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded for mercy to us and we would not listen. Therefore this trouble has come to us."

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God and will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your might.

And now, Israel, what [is] Yahweh your God asking from you, except to revere Yahweh your God, to go in all his ways and to love him and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

"And it will happen [that] if you listen carefully to my commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all [of] your heart and with all [of] your soul,

"This day Yahweh your God is commanding you to do these rules and regulations, {and you must observe them diligently} with all your heart and with all your soul.

Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh's servant commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

The wadi torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, [with] strength!

And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, {his soul grew impatient to the point of death}.

But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.

The only one I will not cut off from my altar [is you]. [Rather], to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, {all the members of your household} will die [as] men.

But I will raise up for myself a reliable priest; he will do just according to what [is] in my heart and in my soul. I will build for him a lasting house and he will walk continually before my anointed one {forever}.

Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Whose son [is] this young man, Abner?" And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know."

{When} he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his [own] soul.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his [own] soul.

Then David {took an oath} again and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.' But {as Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, surely [there is] merely a step between me and death!"

And Jonathan again made David swear an oath, because he loved him; for with the love of his soul he loved him.

So then, my lord, {as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives}, since Yahweh restrained you from bloodguilt {by taking matters into your own hand}, so then, may your enemies be like Nabal, even {those who seek to do my lord harm}.

And Abner said to David, "Let me get up and go and gather all of Israel to my lord the king, that they may {make a covenant} with you so you can reign over all which your soul desires." So David dismissed Abner, and he left in peace.

Then David answered Recab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he said to them, "{As Yahweh lives}, who redeemed my soul from all trouble,

David had said, "On that day {when we attack the Jebusites}, one must attack the lame and the blind, [those] who hate the soul of David, by [means of] the water supply." For thus the blind and the lame would say, "He cannot come into the house."

Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah [are] living in the booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord [are] camping on the surface of the open field; and I, shall I go to my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul, I surely will not do this thing."

The king asked, "[Was] the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered and said, "{As your soul lives}, my lord the king, surely [one cannot] go to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab himself commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your servant.

so that Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons take heed of their way, to walk before me in faithfulness, with all their heart and with all their soul, no man of yours will be cut off from the throne of Israel.'"

if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and they pray to you toward their land which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen and the house that you built for your name,

You I will take, and you shall reign over all your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me up to Bethel." Elisha said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So they went down [to] Bethel.

Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here because Yahweh has sent me to Jericho." And he said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So they came to Jericho.

Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, because Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So the two of them went on.

So she came to the man of God at the mountain, and she caught hold of his feet. Then Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is bitter, and Yahweh has hidden it from me and has not told me."

Then the mother of the boy said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will surely not leave you." So he got up and went after her.

Then the king stood by the pillar, and he {made} a covenant before Yahweh, to go after Yahweh and to keep his commands and his warnings and his statutes, with all of [his] heart and with his all of his soul, to keep the words of this covenant written on this scroll. Then all of the people {joined} in the covenant.

There was not a king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all of his heart and with all of his soul and with all of his might according to the law of Moses, nor did one arise like him afterwards.

And the king stood at his position. And he made the covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commands and statutes and regulations with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that [were] written on this scroll.

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

My soul is also very terrified. But you, O Yahweh, how long?

let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?

Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.

How long must I take counsel in my soul, [and] sorrow in my heart [all the] day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."

for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.

All [the] {healthy ones} of [the] earth will eat and worship. Before him all [of] those descending [into the] dust will kneel, even he [who] cannot keep his soul alive.

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul.

His soul will lodge in prosperity, and his offspring will possess [the] land.

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for Yahweh; he [is] our help and our shield.

My soul makes its boast in Yahweh; let the humble hear and be glad.

And draw [the] spear and javelin to meet [those who] pursue me. Say to my soul, "I [am] your salvation."

Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh; it will rejoice in his salvation.

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.

As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for [the] living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul, and disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, [for] the salvation of his presence.

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our {body} clings to the ground.

Though he congratulated his soul while he was living --and [people] will praise you when you do well for yourself--

because you have delivered my soul from death. [Have you] not [kept] my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah

Only for God my soul [waits in] silence. From him [is] my salvation.

Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope [is] from him.

O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.

My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

the one who has kept our soul among the living, and has not allowed our foot to slip.

When I wept in the fasting of my soul, it became reproaches for me.

Draw near to my soul; redeem it. Because of my enemies, ransom me.

My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed.

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Make glad the soul of your servant, because {I desire you}, O Lord.

For my soul is full with troubles, and my life approaches Sheol.

Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? [Why] do you hide your face from me?

If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, [bless] his holy name.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits:

Bless Yahweh, all his works, in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself [with] splendor and majesty,

Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and [the] wicked {not remain alive}. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul grew faint within them.

for he satisfies [the] longing soul, and [the] hungry soul he fills with good.

Their soul abhorred all food, and they approached [the] gates of death.

They rose to the heavens; they plunged to [the] depths. Their soul melted in their calamity.

Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

My soul is crushed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word.

Your testimonies [are] miracles, therefore my soul keeps them.