How many times is wind mentioned in the Bible?
The word wind appears 123 times in the King James Version, in 113 verses. Counting every form (wind, winds), it appears 146 times in 133 verses across 29 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses wind 138 times (160 with every form).
Wind in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of wind counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| wind | 123 | 138 |
| winds | 23 | 22 |
| Total | 146 | 160 |
Which books mention wind most
Wind appears in 29 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Psalms has the most (15), then Jeremiah (14) and Job (13).
Also in: Daniel (4), Revelation (3), Jonah (2), Zechariah (2), John (2), James (2), Numbers (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), Song of Solomon (1), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Ephesians (1), Jude (1).
First and last mention of wind
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
The verse that uses it most is 1 Kings 19:11, 3 times (tied with Ezekiel 37:9):
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
Where the two translations differ
3 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 19 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Job 7:7: counted in the KJV only
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
Jeremiah 14:6: counted in the KJV only
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
Psalm 11:6: counted in the World English Bible only
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalm 55:8: counted in the World English Bible only
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
Verses with wind on our topic pages
11 verses that use wind in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
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Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
On: Success
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
On: Time
lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
On: Nature
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
On: Gossip
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
On: Jealousy
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
On: Contentment
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
On: Sin
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
On: Faith
Common questions
How many times is wind in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 108 of the 146 uses are in the Old Testament and 38 in the New Testament. Wind appears in 29 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Psalms has the most (15), then Jeremiah (14) and Job (13).
Where is wind first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 8:1: "And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;" The last is Revelation 7:1.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.