רוּחַ (ruach) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning breath. It appears
378 times
in 32 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7307).
Also rendered
spirit
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2131a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2131a)breath, wind, spirit; temper, disposition; spirit of God; exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, region of the sky; air, blast, courage, mind, spiritual, tempest, windy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רוּחַnoun, feminine: breath, wind, spirit
1.breath of mouth or nostrils (33 times)
2.wind (117 times)
3.spirit, as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation = temper, disposition (76 times)
4.spirit of the living, breathing being
5.spirit as seat of emotion
6.occasionally (and late) = seat or organ of mental acts
7.rarely of the will
8.רוּחַ especially of moral character
9.spirit of God (94 times)
Strong's H7307רוּחַ: 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 being (including its expression and functions) KJV:air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2131: רִיחַrîaḥ — smell, perceive odour; blow, breathe; accept, make of quick understanding