Genesis 2:7

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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יָצַר

yâtsar

H3335

to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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of the

עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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נָפַח

nâphach

H5301

to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)

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into his

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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of

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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הָוָא

hâvâʼ

H1934

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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a

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

breathed H5301

נָפַח nâphach

to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)

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nostrils H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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formed H3335

יָצַר yâtsar

to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)

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breath H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

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...

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became H1934

הָוָא hâvâʼ

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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living H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7 cross-reference

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Job 33:4 cross-reference

The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

1 Corinthians 15:45 cross-reference

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Isaiah 64:8 cross-reference

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Acts 17:25 cross-reference

Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

1 Corinthians 15:47 cross-reference

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Job 27:3 cross-reference

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 7:22 cross-reference

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Psalm 103:14 cross-reference

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Zechariah 12:1 cross-reference

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

Psalm 100:3 cross-reference

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Romans 9:20 cross-reference

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Isaiah 2:22 cross-reference

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

Genesis 3:23 cross-reference

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Hebrews 12:9 cross-reference

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Proverbs 20:27 cross-reference

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Numbers 16:22 cross-reference

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Job 33:6 cross-reference

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

2 Corinthians 5:1 cross-reference

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Job 4:19 cross-reference

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

2 Corinthians 4:7 cross-reference

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Numbers 27:16 cross-reference

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

John 20:22 cross-reference

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Ecclesiastes 3:7 cross-reference

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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