The word in Scripture

Breath in the Bible

The word breath appears 42 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Breath is the life God gives, the spirit within us. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What breath means in the Bible

Breath is the life God gives, the spirit within us.

Where the word breath appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word breath appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”Genesis 6:17

“And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.”Genesis 7:15

“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.”Psalms 33:6

“Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”Psalms 104:29

“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?”Isaiah 2:22

“Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.”Isaiah 33:11

“Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.”Jeremiah 10:14

“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”Acts 17:25