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Spirit in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Septuagint, p. 11

Comparing verses in the Hebrew Old Testament that have the word "spirit,"
 ruach, with the same verses in the Septuagint text, using Strong's numbers,
and an Interlinear Hebrew-English transliteration-translation

The Hebrew word ruch is transliterated ruwach or ruach. The word occurs in 348 verses in the Hebrew concordance, King James Version, and is indicated 380 times by Strong's number H7307 in the middle column of the table at bottom. It is important to notice that "wind" and "spirit" are from this same Hebrew word.
The Septuagint translation of each Hebrew verse is located in the third column. The color key to the LXX translations of ruach 7307 is still being developed. The scheme at this time is:
Translation of ruach Strong's Count
pneuma - spirit, wind, breath, etc. 4151 286
pnoe - breath, wind (from God's, man's, nostrils) 4157 10
psuche - breath, living being, soul 5590 13
empneo - to breath in 1709 1
emphusao - to breath in 1720 1
anemos - wind (seldom used of the breath)  417 48
lailaps -  (not used to directly translate ruach; it is a synonym for anemos in Job 21:18) 2978 1

The word pnoe needs separate study and LXX verses containing that word are located here. Clicking on Strong's numbers will bring up a definition page. If you have javascript enabled, and allow popups, this page will be located beside the verse being viewed.
An English translation of the Septuagint text will be provided and the same color scheme will be used.
Included in this study is an Interlinear transliteration of part of the Hebrew text. A matching English translation is placed below each transliterated Hebrew word. To view this interlinear Hebrew-English translation, hover the mouse over the word "interlinear" located just below each verse's reference.
The colors used in the transliteration correspond with that of the groups on the table located here.

Isa 40:7
Inter-linearverse
The grass 2682 withereth 3001 , the flower 6731 fadeth 5034 : because the spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 bloweth 5380 upon it: surely 403 the people 5971 [is] grass 2682 . Isa 40:7 exeranthe 3583 o 3588 chortos 5528 kai 2532 to 3588 anthos 438 exepesen 1601
[ oti 3754 pneuma 4151 theou 2316 enephusenen 1720 en 1722 auto 1473 alethos 230 o 3588 chrotos 5528 estin o 3588 laos 2992 ]
Isa 40:7 The grass is dried, and the flower fell off,
[ for breath of God breathed in it. Truly the grass is the people.]
Isa 40:13
Inter-linearverse
Who hath directed 8505 the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 , or [being] his counsellor 376 6098 hath taught 3045 him? Isa 40:13 tis 5100 egno 1097 noun 3563 kuriou 2962 kai 2532 tis 5100 autou 846 sumboulos 4825 egeneto 1096 os 3739 sumbiba 4822 auton 846
Isa 40:13 Who knew [the] mind of [the] Lord? and who became his counselor? Who will instruct him?
Isa 41:16
Inter-linearverse
Thou shalt fan 2219 them, and the wind 7307 shall carry them away 5375 , and the whirlwind 5591 shall scatter 6327 them: and thou shalt rejoice 1523 in the LORD 3068 , [and] shalt glory 1984 in the Holy One 6918 of Israel 3478 . Isa 41:16 kai 2532 likmeseis 3039 kai 2532 anemos 417 lempsetai 2983 autous 846 kai 2532 kataigis diasperei 1289 autous 846 su 4771 de 1161 euphranthese 2165 en 1722 tois 3588 agiois 40 israel 2474 kai 2532 agalliasontai
Isa 41:16 And you shall winnow [them], and a wind shall take them, and a gale shall scatter them. But you shall be glad among the holy ones of Israel and they will rejoice.
Isa 41:29
Inter-linearverse
Behold, they [are] all vanity 205 ; their works 4639 [are] nothing 657 : their molten images 5262 [are] wind 7307 and confusion 8414 . Isa 41:29 eisin 1510 gar 1063 oi 3588 poiountes 4160 umas 4771 kai 2532 maten 3155 oi 3588 planontes 4105 umas 4771
Isa 41:29 For they are the [ones] making you, [so you think], and in vain [ones] causing you to wander.
Isa 42:1
Inter-linearverse
Behold my servant 5650 , whom I uphold 8551 ; mine elect 972 , [in whom] my soul 5315 delighteth 7521 ; I have put 5414 my spirit 7307 upon him: he shall bring forth 3318 judgment 4941 to the Xentiles 1471 . iakob 2384 o 3588 pais 3816 mou 1473 antilempsomai 482 autou 846 israel 2474 o 3588 eklektos 1588 mou 1473 prosedexato 4327 auton 846 e 3588 psuche 5590 mou 1473 edoka 1325 to 3588 pneuma 4151 mou 1473 ep 1909 auton 846 krisin 2920 tois 3588 ethnesin 1484 exoisei 1627  (Isa 42:1)
Isa 42:1 Jacob, my child, I shall take hold of him. Israel, my chosen, my soul favorably received him, to put my spirit upon him. He will bring forth judgment to the nations.
Isa 42:5
Inter-linearverse
Thus saith 559 God 410 the LORD 3068 , he that created 1254 the heavens 8064 , and stretched them out 5186 ; he that spread forth 7554 the earth 776 , and that which cometh out 6631 of it; he that giveth 5414 breath 5397 unto the people 5971 upon it, and spirit 7307 to them that walk 1980 therein: outos 3778 legei 3004 kurios 2962 o 3588 theos 2316 o 3588 poiesas 4160 ton 3588 ouranon 3772 kai 2532 pexas 4078 auton 846 o 3588 stereosas 4732 ten 3588 gen 1093 kai 2532 ta 3588 en 1722 aute 846 kai 2532 didous 1325 pnoen 4157 to 3588 lao 2992 to 3588 ep 1909 autes 846 kai 2532 pneuma 4151 tois 3588 patousin 3961 auten 846  (Isa 42:5)
Isa 42:5 Thus says the Lord God, the [one] making the heaven, and pitching it; solidifying the earth, and the [things] in it; and giving breath to the people upon it, and spirit to the ones treding it.
Isa 44:3
Inter-linearverse
For I will pour 3332 water 4325 upon him that is thirsty 6771 , and floods 5140 upon the dry ground 3004 : I will pour 3332 my spirit 7307 upon thy seed 2233 , and my blessing 1293 upon thine offspring 6631 : oti 3754 ego 1473 doso 1325 udor 5204 en 1722 dipsei 1373 tois 3588 poreuomenois 4198 en 1722 anudro 504 epitheso 2007 to 3588 pneuma 4151 mou 1473 epi 1909 to 3588 sperma 4690 sou 4771 kai 2532 tas 3588 eulogias 2129 mou 1473 epi 1909 ta 3588 tekna 5043 sou 4771  (Isa 44:3)
Isa 44:3 For I will give water for thirst to the [ones] going in a waterless [place]. I will place my spirit upon your seed, and my blessings upon your children.
Isa 48:16
Inter-linearverse
Come 7126 ye near 7126 unto me, hear 8085 ye this; I have not spoken 1696 in secret 5643 from the beginning 7218 ; from the time 6256 that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord 136 GOD 3069 , and his Spirit 7307  , hath sent 7971 me. prosagagete 4317 pros 4314 me 1473 kai 2532 akousate 191 tauta 3778 ouk 3364 ap 575 arches 746 en 1722 kruphe 2931 elalesa 2980 oude 3761 en 1722 topo 5117 ges 1093 skoteino 4652 enika 2259 egeneto 1096 ekei 1563 emen 1699 kai 2532 nun 3568 kurios 2962 apestalken 649 me 1473 kai 2532 to 3588 pneuma 4151 autou 846 (Isa 48:16)
Isa 48:16 Lead forward to me, and hear these [things]. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret, neither in a place of earth full of darkness. When it took place, there was I. And now [the] Lord sent me and his spirit.
Isa 54:6
Inter-linearverse
For the LORD 3068 hath called 7121 thee as a woman 802 forsaken 5800 and grieved 6087 in spirit 7307  , and a wife 802 of youth 5271 , when thou wast refused 3988 , saith 559 thy God 430 . Isa 54:6 ouch 3364 os 3739 gunaika 1135 kataleleimmenen 2641 kai 2532 oligopsuchon 3642 [ 3641 5590 ] kekleken 2564 se 4771 kurios 2962 oud 3761 os 3739 gunaika 1135 ek 1537 neotetos 3503 memisemenen 3404 eipen 2036 o 3588 theos 2316 sou 4771
Isa 54:6 Not as a forsaken woman and weak-souled has the Lord called you; nor as a woman being hated from youth, said your God.
Isa 57:13
Inter-linearverse
When thou criest 2199 , let thy companies 6899 deliver 5337 thee; but the wind 7307 shall carry them all away 5375 ; vanity 1892 shall take 3947 [them]: but he that putteth his trust 2620 in me shall possess 5157 the land 776 , and shall inherit 3423 my holy 6944 mountain 2022 ; Isa 57:13 otan 3752 anaboeses 310 exelesthosan 1807 se 4771 en 1722 te 3588 thlipsei 2347 sou 4771 toutous 3778 gar 1063 pantas 3956 anemos 417 lempsetai 2983 kai 2532 apoisei 667 kataigis oi 3588 de 1161 antechomenoi 472 mou 1473 ktesontai 2932 gen 1093 kai 2532 kleronomesousin 2816 to 3588 oros 3735 to 3588 agion 40 mou 1473
Isa 57:13 For all these things the wind shall take, and [the] gale shall carry away. But the [ones] holding of me shall acquire [the] earth, and they shall inherit the mountain, my holy [one].
Isa 57:15
Inter-linearverse
Inter-linearverse
For thus saith 559 the high 7311 and lofty One 5375 that inhabiteth 7931 eternity 5703 , whose name 8034 [is] Holy 6918 ; I dwell 7931 in the high 4791 and holy 6918 [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite 1793 and humble 8217 spirit 7307  , to revive 2421 the spirit 7307 of the humble 8217 , and to revive 2421 the heart 3820 of the contrite ones 1792 . Isa 57:15 tade 3592 legei 3004 kurios 2962 o 3588 upsistos 5310 o 3588 en 1722 upselois 5308 katoikon ton 3588 aiona 165 agios 40 en 1722 agiois 40 onoma 3686 auto 846 kurios 2962 upsistos 5310 en 1722 agiois 40 anapauomenos 373 kai 2532 oligopsuchois 3642 [ 3641 5590 ] didous 1325 makrothumian 3115 kai 2532 didous 1325 zoen 2222 tois 3588 suntetrimmenois 4937 ten 3588 kardian 2588
Isa 57:15 Thus says [the] Lord, the highest, the [one] in the highest, dwelling the age. Holy in [the] holies; [the] name to him, the Lord; [the] one resting highest in [the] holies; and to [the] weak-souled giving long-suffering, and giving life to the [ones] being broken in heart.
Isa 57:16
Inter-linearverse
For I will not contend 7378 for ever 5769 , neither will I be always 5331 wroth 7107 : for the spirit 7307 should fail 5848 before 6440 me, and the souls 5397 [which] I have made 6213 . ouk 3364 eis 1519 ton 3588 aiona 165 ekdikeso 1556 umas 4771 oude 3761 dia 1223 pantos 3956 orgisthesomai 3710 umin 4771 pneuma 4151 gar 1063 par 3844 emou 1473 exeleusetai 1831 kai 2532 pnoen 4157 pasan 3956 ego 1473 epoiesa 4160  (Isa 57:16)
Isa 57:16 Not to the age will I punish you, nor always be provoked to anger by you; for a spirit from me shall go forth, and I made all breath.
Isa 59:19
Inter-linearverse
So shall they fear 3372 the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 from the west 4628 , and his glory 3519 from the rising 4217 of the sun 8121 . When the enemy 6862 shall come in 935 like a flood 5104 , the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 shall lift up a standard 5127 against him. Isa 59:19 kai 2532 phobethesontai 5399 oi 3588 apo 575 dusmon 1424 to 3588 onoma 3686 kuriou 2962 kai 2532 oi 3588 ap 575 anatolon 395 eliou 2246 to 3588 onoma 3686 to 3588 endoxon 1741 exei 1854 gar 1063 os 3739 potamos 4215 biaios 972 e 3588 orge 3709 para 3844 kuriou 2962 exei 1854 meta 3326 thumou 2372
Isa 59:19 And the [ones] from [the] west shall fear the name of [the] Lord; and the ones from [the] east sun [shall fear] the honorable name. For shall come as a violent river the anger of [the] Lord; it shall come with rage.
Isa 59:21
Inter-linearverse
As for me, this [is] my covenant 1285 with them, saith 559 the LORD 3068 ; My spirit 7307 that [is] upon thee, and my words 1697 which I have put 7760 in thy mouth 6310 , shall not depart 4185 out of thy mouth 6310 , nor out of the mouth 6310 of thy seed 2233 , nor out of the mouth 6310 of thy seed's 2233 seed 2233 , saith 559 the LORD 3068 , from henceforth and for 5704 ever 5769 . kai 2532 aute 3778 autois 846 e 3588 par 3844 emou 1473 diatheke 1242 eipen 2036 kurios 2962 to 3588 pneuma 4151 to 3588 emon 1699 o 3739 estin 1510 epi 1909 soi 4771 kai 2532 ta 3588 remata 4487 a 3739 edoka 1325 eis 1519 to 3588 stoma 4750 sou 4771 ou 3364 me 3165 eklipe 1587 ek 1537 tou 3588 stomatos 4750 sou 4771 kai 2532 ek 1537 tou 3588 stomatos 4750 tou 3588 spermatos 4690 sou 4771 eipen 2036 gar 1063 kurios 2962 apo 575 tou 3588 nun 3568 kai 2532 eis 1519 ton 3588 aiona 165  (Isa 59:21)
Isa 59:21 And this [is] to them by me a covenant, said [the] Lord. The spirit, mine, which is upon you, and my words which I put into your mouth, in no way shall fail from your mouth, [nor] from out of the mouth of your seed; Verily, said [the] Lord, from the present and unto the age.
Isa 61:1
Inter-linearverse
The Spirit 7307 of the Lord 136 GOD 3069 [is] upon me; because the LORD 3068 hath anointed 4886 me to preach good tidings 1319 unto the meek 6035 ; he hath sent 7971 me to bind up 2280 the brokenhearted 7665 3820 , to proclaim 7121 liberty 1865 to the captives 7617 , and the opening of the prison 6495 to [them that are] bound 631 ; pneuma 4151 kuriou 2962 ep 1909 eme 1473 ou 3739 eineken 1752 echrisen 5548 me 1473 euaggelisasthai 2097 ptochois 4434 apestalken 649 me 1473 iasasthai 2390 tous 3588 suntetrimmenous 4937 te 3588 kardia 2588 keruxai 2784 aichmalotois 164 aphesin 859 kai 2532 tuphlois 5185 anablepsin 309  (Isa 61:1)
Isa 61:1 Spirit of [the] Lord [is] upon me, because he anointed me to announce good news to [the] poor. He has sent me to heal the [ones] being broken in the heart; to proclaim to {the} captives a release, and to [the] blind recovery of sight.
Isa 61:3
Inter-linearverse
To appoint 7760 unto them that mourn 57 in Zion 6726 , to give 5414 unto them beauty 6287 for ashes 665 , the oil 8081 of joy 8342 for mourning 60 , the garment 4594 of praise 8416 for the spirit 7307 of heaviness 3544 ; that they might be called 7121 trees 352 of righteousness 6664 , the planting 4302 of the LORD 3068 , that he might be glorified 6286 . dothenai 1325 tois 3588 penthousin 3996 sion 4622 doxan 1391 anti 473 spodou 4700 aleimma euphrosunes 2167 tois 3588 penthousin 3996 katastolen 2689 doxes 1391 anti 473 pneumatos 4151 akedias kai 2532 klethesontai 2564 geneai 1074 dikaiosunes 1343 phuteuma kuriou 2962 eis 1519 doxan 1391  (Isa 61:3)
Isa 61:3 To give to [the] ones mourning in Zion glory instead of ashes; an anointing of gladness to them [that] mourn; an apparel of glory instead of a spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called generations of righteousness, a [plant] planted of [the] Lord unto glory.
Isa 63:10
Inter-linearverse
But they rebelled 4784 , and vexed 6087 his holy 6944 Spirit 7307  : therefore he was turned 2015 to be their enemy 341 , [and] he fought 3898 against them. autoi 846 de 1161 epeithesan 544 kai 2532 paroxunan 3947 to 3588 pneuma 4151 to 3588 agion 40 autou 846 kai 2532 estraphe 4762 autois 846 eis 1519 echthran 2189 kai 2532 autos 846 epolemesen 4170 autous 846  (Isa 63:10)
Isa 63:10 But they resisted persuasion, and provoked his holy Spirit. And he turned against them for enmity; And he waged war against them.
Isa 63:11
Inter-linearverse
Then he remembered 2142 the days 3117 of old 5769 , Moses 4872 , [and] his people 5971 , [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up 5927 out of the sea 3220 with the shepherd 7462 of his flock 6629 ? where [is] he that put 7760 his holy 6944 Spirit 7307 within 7130 him? kai 2532 emnesthe 3403 emeron 2250 aionion 166 o 3588 anabibasas 307 ek 1537 tes 3588 ges 1093 ton 3588 poimena 4166 ton 3588 probaton 4263 pou 4225 estin 1510 o 3588 theis 5087 en 1722 autois 846 to 3588 pneuma 4151 to 3588 agion 40 (Isa 63:11)
Isa 63:11 And he remembered eternal days; the bringing up out of the land the shepherd of the sheep. Where is the one putting in them the holy Spirit?
Isa 63:14
Inter-linearverse
As a beast 929 goeth down 3381 into the valley 1237 , the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 caused him to rest 5117 : so didst thou lead 5090 thy people 5971 , to make 6213 thyself a glorious 8597 name 8034 . kai 2532 os 3739 ktene 2934 dia 1223 pediou katebe 2597 pneuma 4151 para 3844 kuriou 2962 kai 2532 odegesen 3594 autous 846 outos 3778 egages 71 ton 3588 laon 2992 sou 4771 poiesai 4160 seauto 4572 onoma 3686 doxes 1391  (Isa 63:14)
Isa 63:14 And as beasts [led] through a plain, descended [the] spirit of [the] Lord, and guided them. Thus you led your people to make for yourself a glorious name.
Isa 64:6
Inter-linearverse
But we are all as an unclean 2931 [thing], and all our righteousnesses 6666 [are] as filthy 5708 rags 899 ; and we all do fade 5034 1101 as a leaf 5929 ; and our iniquities 5771 , like the wind 7307  , have taken us away 5375 . Isa 64:6 (64:5) kai 2532 egenethemen 1096 os 3739 akathartoi 169 pantes 3956 emeis 1473 os 3739 rakos apokathemenes pasa 3956 e 3588 dikaiosune 1343 emon 1473 kai 2532 exerruemen os 3739 phulla 5444 dia 1223 tas 3588 anomias 458 emon 1473 outos 3778 anemos 417 oisei 5342 emas 1473
Isa 64:6 And we all became as unclean; All our righteousness as a rag sitting apart. And we flowed away as leaves through our lawless [deeds]; thus [the] wind shall bear us [away].
Isa 65:14
Inter-linearverse
Behold, my servants 5650 shall sing 7442 for joy 2898 of heart 3820 , but ye shall cry 6817 for sorrow 3511 of heart 3820 , and shall howl 3213 for vexation 7667 of spirit 7307  . idou 2400 oi 3588 douleuontes 1398 moi 1473 agalliasontai 21 en 1722 euphrosune 2167 umeis 4771 de 1161 kekraxesthe 2896 dia 1223 ton 3588 ponon 4192 tes 3588 kardias 2588 umon 4771 kai 2532 apo 575 suntribes [ 4937 ] pneumatos 4151 ololuxete 3649  (Isa 65:14)
Isa 65:14 Behold, the [ones] serving me shall exult in gladness, but you shall cry out because of the misery of your heart; and from [the] a breaking [in pieces] of your spirit you shall shriek.
Isa 66:2
Inter-linearverse
For all those [things] hath mine hand 3027 made 6213 , and all those [things] have been, saith 5002 the LORD 3068 : but to this [man] will I look 5027 , [even] to [him that is] poor 6041 and of a contrite 5223 spirit 7307  , and trembleth 2730 at my word 1697 . Isa 66:2   panta 3956 gar 1063 tauta 3778 epoiesen 4160 e 3588 cheir 5495 mou 1473 kai 2532 estin 1510 ema 1699 panta 3956 tauta 3778 legei 3004 kurios 2962 kai 2532 epi 1909 tina 5100 epiblepso 1914 all 235 e 2228 epi 1909 ton 3588 tapeinon 5011 kai 2532 esuchion 2272 kai 2532 tremonta 5141 tous 3588 logous 3056 mou 1473
Isa 66:2 For all these [things] I made by my hand, and all these are mine, says [the] Lord. Upon whom shall I look, but only upon the lowely and peaceable, and [the] one trembling at my words?
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