Spirit and Soul
SPIRIT
- winds, storms - Gen. 8:1, etc
- 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
- breath, 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 11:11; 13:15
- demons, Matt. 8:16; Luke 4:33; 9:39; 11:24
- 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
- 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
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