SPIRIT

Old Testament = 'rauch'

• winds, storms - Gen. 8:1, etc

• breath, Job 9:18

• life principle - Gen. 6:17; 7:15

• may be distinct from breath, Job 34:14; 27:3

• attitude, Josh. 5:1; Prov. 29:11; Eccl. 7:8-9

• non-flesh being, 1 Kings 22:21-22; Job 4:15-17

• interchangeable with 'nephesh' (soul - see below) - Isa. 26:9; Exod. 6:9; Gen. 23:8; Eccl. 1:4; etc.

• DESTINCT FROM THE FLESH, Isa. 31:3; Zech. 12:1; Dan. 7:15; Num. 16:22; Eccl. 12:7; Job 32:8

New Testament = 'pneuma'

• wind, John 3:8

• breath, 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 11:11; 13:15

• demons, Matt. 8:16; Luke 4:33; 9:39; 11:24

• angels, Heb. 1:7, 14

• character / moral qualities, Luke 1:17; Rom. 1:4; 2 Tim. 1:7; 1 Pet. 3:4

• the person, 1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor. 7:13

• purpose / aim, 2 Cor. 12:18; Phil. 1:27; Eph. 4:23

• perception, desires, feelings, Matt. 26:41; Mark 2:8; Acts 17:6

• DISTINCT FROM BODY - Luke 24:37, 39; 8:49-55; Acts 7:59; James 2:26

SOUL

Old Testament = 'nephesh'

• person - Num. 31:19; Jer. 52:29

• animal life, Gen. 1:20ff; Job 12:7-10; Ex. 21:23

• breath, Job 41:21; Isa. 3:20

• distinguished from life, Lev. 21:11; Job 9:21; Job 10:1; Psalm 88:3

• DISTINCT FROM BODY - Isa. 10:18; Job 14:22; 1 Kings 17:21; Gen. 35:18

New Testament = 'psuche'

• the person, Acts 2:41; 7:14; Rom. 13:1; etc.

• life itself, Luke 14:26; John 13:38; Acts 20:24

• distinct from the spirit, 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 4:12

• DISTINCT FROM BODY - Matt. 6:25-26; 10:28; 1 Thess. 5:23; Acts 2:27,31; 3 John 2

• exists after the body 'dies', Acts 2:31; Matt. 10:28; Rev. 6:9-11