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Why "Soul" and "Spirit"?
M_Oliver:
It is very refreshing to have found a group of people who
are blessed with understanding or are on their way to
understanding. Thank you all.
I have a serious issue with the continued use of "soul" and
"spirit" in translation.
Can anyone explain why people who find so much truth by
examining the Hebrew and Greek to expose biased
translation continue to use "soul" and "spirit" when they
know the Hebrew and Greek mean breath, breathing, wind
current, a puff etc.?
Wasn't "soul" and "spirit" invented in Egypt's paganism?
What gives? Too much truth? I ask in sincerity. God has
kept me on this subject for quite some time.
hillsbororiver:
SOUL5315 (Hebrew)
H5315
נפשׁ
nephesh
neh'-fesh
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
SOUL5590 (Greek)
G5590
ψυχή
psuchē
psoo-khay'
From G5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants:
spirit7307 (Hebrew)
רוּח
rûach
roo'-akh
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, 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): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).
spirit4151 (Greek)
G4151
πνεῦμα
pneuma
pnyoo'-mah
From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.
This subject comes up time and again, usually from someone who is attempting to show us the error of our ways. They claim the use of "soul" denotes something inherent in man outside of or in addition to; body + breath (of life from God) = soul
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed5301 into his nostrils the breath5397 of life; and man became a living soul.5315
Breathed (Hebrew)
H5301
נפח
nâphach
naw-fakh'
A primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem): - blow, breath, give up, cause to lose [life], seething, snuff.
Breath5397 (Hebrew)
H5397
נשׁמה
neshâmâh
nesh-aw-maw'
From H5395; a puff, that is, wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect or (concretely) an animal: - blast, (that) breath (-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Breath4157 (Greek)
G4157
πνοή
pnoē
pno-ay'
From G4154; respiration, a breeze: - breath, wind.
orion77:
Welcome to the forum, M_Oliver.
Its my understanding we have a body and a spirit, which combined is what makes us a soul. Lot of people say we are three, body, spirit and soul to try and support their trinity doctrine.
God bless,
Gary
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: orion77 ---Welcome to the forum, M_Oliver.
Its my understanding we have a body and a spirit, which combined is what makes us a soul. Lot of people say we are three, body, spirit and soul to try and support their trinity doctrine.
God bless,
Gary
--- End quote ---
Welcome abord M_oliver, i hope you take the time to read alll the articles posted on this site, and God willing Grow in the Spiritual Truth that has been granted to all of us, Praise God He is amazing :)
I can give an Amen to that Gary!
Body and Breath of life (Spirit) = SOUL!
The Body Dies = Soul dead. SPirit returns to God (Breath of Life returns to God because Body died obviously.)
eutychus:
Body and Breath of life (Spirit) = SOUL!
when is a body a body? at conception? when does God breath into a fetus?
when does she soul come alive? at conception or at first breath?
when does the spirit enter into a body? at conception?
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